Past tense of fall
irregular verb
The past tense of fall is fell. The past participle is fallen.
Forms of fall
| Base form (V1) | fall /fɔːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fell /fɛl/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fallen /ˈfɔːlən/ |
| Present participle | falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | falls /fɔːlz/ |
Fell and fallen in a sentence
- Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
- I fell unconscious on the floor.
- Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?From the entry you
- Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.From the entry jump
- I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.From the entry bad
Meaning of fall
- verb To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- verb To come down, to drop or descend.
- verb To come as if by dropping down.
Questions about the past tense of fall
- What is the past tense of fall?
- The past tense of fall is fell.
- What is the past participle of fall?
- The past participle of fall is fallen.
- Is fall a regular or irregular verb?
- Fall is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fall (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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