Past tense of phone
regular verb
The past tense of phone is phoned. The past participle is also phoned.
Forms of phone
| Base form (V1) | phone /ˈfəʊ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | phoned /fəʊnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | phoned /fəʊnd/ |
| Present participle | phoning /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | phones /fəʊnz/ |
Phoned in a sentence
- I think he only phoned because he knew how excited I’d be to hear about it.2010, Tyler Keevil, chapter 32, in Fireball, Cardigan, Ceredigion: Parthian, →ISBN, page 148
- Cooney phoned he had a buyer for my farm, and wanted to know if he could come down.1905, Patrick Woodard, quotee, “Woodard vs. Cooney”, in The South Western Reporter, volume 85
- He could have easily phoned and told us he'd be late.From the entry easily
- When I phoned up, I was fobbed off with a string of excuses.From the entry fob off
- They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.From the entry place
Meaning of phone
- noun A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- noun A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
- verb To call (someone) using a telephone.
Questions about the past tense of phone
- What is the past tense of phone?
- The past tense of phone is phoned.
- What is the past participle of phone?
- The past participle of phone is phoned.
- Is phone a regular or irregular verb?
- Phone is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phone (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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