Past tense of switch
regular verb
The past tense of switch is switched. The past participle is also switched.
Forms of switch
| Base form (V1) | switch /swɪt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | switched /swɪt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | switched /swɪt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | switching /ˈswɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | switches /ˈswɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/ |
Switched in a sentence
- When switched on, air brakes activate car by car, from the locomotive to the back of the train.2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2013, page 13...
- The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
- Paige seemed to be winding up for a fastball but then switched it up.From the entry wind up
- I switched banks so that I could use a drive-through branch near my home.From the entry drive-through
- When the flat file became unmanageable, we switched to a proper database system.From the entry flat file
Meaning of switch
- noun A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
- noun A change or exchange.
- noun A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
Questions about the past tense of switch
- What is the past tense of switch?
- The past tense of switch is switched.
- What is the past participle of switch?
- The past participle of switch is switched.
- Is switch a regular or irregular verb?
- Switch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: switch (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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