Past tense of touch
regular verb
The past tense of touch is touched. The past participle is also touched.
Forms of touch
| Base form (V1) | touch /tʌt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | touched /tʌt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | touched /tʌt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | touching /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | touches /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪz/ |
Touched in a sentence
- I touched his face softly.
- Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.
- The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.From the entry long
- And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.From the entry ord
- When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.From the entry fine
Meaning of touch
- verb To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- verb To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- verb To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
Questions about the past tense of touch
- What is the past tense of touch?
- The past tense of touch is touched.
- What is the past participle of touch?
- The past participle of touch is touched.
- Is touch a regular or irregular verb?
- Touch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: touch (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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