Past tense of turn
regular verb
The past tense of turn is turned. The past participle is also turned.
Forms of turn
| Base form (V1) | turn /tɜːn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | turned /tɜːnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | turned /tɜːnd/ |
| Present participle | turning /ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | turns /tɝnz/ |
Turned in a sentence
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- She turned right at the corner.
- The army's raid on the enemy turned into a major abattoir.From the entry abattoir
- He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.From the entry on
- She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.From the entry gas
Meaning of turn
- verb To move about an axis through itself.
- verb To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- verb To change one's direction of travel.
Questions about the past tense of turn
- What is the past tense of turn?
- The past tense of turn is turned.
- What is the past participle of turn?
- The past participle of turn is turned.
- Is turn a regular or irregular verb?
- Turn is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: turn (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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