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What is the past tense of "the birds fly"?
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Phil Teunon
Answered 2 years ago
What is the past tense of "the birds fly"?
Past simple tense: The birds flew.
This can be used with a specific moment in time: As soon as they saw Billy, the birds flew away.
The present participle of fly is flying, so:
Past continuous tense (AKA imperfect): The birds were flying.
This refers to something with a duration that occurred or began in the past: When I spotted them, the birds were flying.
The past participle of fly is flown, so:
Present perfect tense: The birds have flown.
This refers to an indeterminate time in the past: I’d offer them some seed, but the birds have flown.
Past perfect tense (AKA pluperfect): The birds had flown.
This refers to an indeterminate time in the past prior to something else in the past: When I returned, the birds had flown.
Past perfect continuous: The birds had been flying.
This refers to something with a duration that occurred or began before something else in the past: When I saw them, Florence said that they had been flying for several minutes.
Mostly you can use flew.
I bet I missed a few past tenses!