Past tense of sleep
irregular verb
The past tense of sleep is slept. The past participle is also slept.
Forms of sleep
| Base form (V1) | sleep /sliːp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | slept /slɛpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | slept /slɛpt/ |
| Present participle | sleeping /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | sleeps /sliːps/ |
Slept in a sentence
- Last night we slept together for the first time.
- With so much worry, I only slept off and on last night.From the entry off and on
- She didn't come home last night — her bed hasn't been slept in.From the entry sleep in
- He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough.From the entry fitfully
- I can't believe I slept on that movie for so long.From the entry sleep on
Meaning of sleep
- verb To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- verb To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
- verb To accommodate in beds.
Verbs like sleep
Questions about the past tense of sleep
- What is the past tense of sleep?
- The past tense of sleep is slept.
- What is the past participle of sleep?
- The past participle of sleep is slept.
- Is sleep a regular or irregular verb?
- Sleep is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sleep (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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