Past tense of teach
irregular verb
The past tense of teach is taught. The past participle is also taught.
Forms of teach
| Base form (V1) | teach /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | taught /tɔːt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | taught /tɔːt/ |
| Present participle | teaching /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | teaches |
Taught in a sentence
- Deep Blue taught us a great deal about the power of the human mind precisely because it could not reproduce the intuitive and logical leaps of Kasparov’s mind.2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “Making Life from Scratch”, in American Scientist
- ‘The bliss is there’, mumbled the old man and taught to Heaven.
- In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.From the entry alphabet
- People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.From the entry breed
- In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.From the entry consume
Meaning of teach
- verb To pass on knowledge to.
- verb To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
- verb To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
Verbs like teach
Questions about the past tense of teach
- What is the past tense of teach?
- The past tense of teach is taught.
- What is the past participle of teach?
- The past participle of teach is taught.
- Is teach a regular or irregular verb?
- Teach is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: teach (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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