Past tense of skip
regular verb
The past tense of skip is skipped. The past participle is also skipped.
Forms of skip
| Base form (V1) | skip /skɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | skipped |
| Past participle (V3) | skipped |
| Present participle | skipping |
| Third person singular | skips |
Skipped in a sentence
- He skipped the second question and moved on.
- a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill
- The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.From the entry local
- All but three of the students skipped school the day of the parade.From the entry all but
- Most people I know skipped half of their three L classes.From the entry three L
Meaning of skip
- verb To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- verb To leap about lightly.
- verb To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
Questions about the past tense of skip
- What is the past tense of skip?
- The past tense of skip is skipped.
- What is the past participle of skip?
- The past participle of skip is skipped.
- Is skip a regular or irregular verb?
- Skip is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skip (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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