write five verbs who's Past forms end with t
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Answer:
. Bent: the only correct form of the past tense of bend, although the archaic form bended is used jocularly, for example in the phrase “on bended knee”
2. Blest: a variant form of the past tense of bless
3. Built: the primary form of the past tense of build, though builded is used in some dialects
4. Burnt: a variant form of the past tense of burn; used in favor of the primary spelling in names of pigments such as burnt orange and burnt sienna (familiar to Crayola crayon aficionados)
5. Clapt: a variant form of the past tense of clap
6. Cleft: a variant form of the past tense of cleave; also, a noun or adjective referring to a split
7. Clept: the past tense of the archaic term clepe (“name,” call”; the present-tense and past-tense words are also spelled yclepe and yclept)
8. Crept: the only correct form of the past tense of creep, except in the slang sense of being creeped out, or unsettled
9. Dealt: the only correct form of the past tense of deal
10. Dreamt: a variant form of the past tense of dream
11. Drest: an obsolete variant form of the past tense of dress
12. Dwelt: a variant form of the past tense of dwell
13. Felt: the only correct form of the past tense of feel; also, a noun referring to a type of material or a similar substance
14. Gilt: a variant form of the past tense of gild; also, a synonym for gold or a noun or adjective referring to gold plating or other surfacing, or a young female pig
15. Girt: a variant form of the past tense of gird
16. Kent: a variant form of the past tense of ken, an archaic synonym for know or recognize
17. Knelt: the primary form of the past tense of kneel
18. Leant: an alternate form of the past tense of lean, used mostly in British English but occasionally appearing in American English usage as well (pronounced “lent”)
19. Leapt: a variant form of the past tense of leap (see this related post)
20. Learnt: an alternate form of the past tense of learn, used mostly in British English but occasionally appearing in American English usage as well
21. Left: the only correct form of the past tense of leave, meaning “go,” although the past tense for leave in the sense of forming leaves is leaved
22. Lent: the only correct form of the past tense of lend
23. Lost: the only correct form of the past tense of lose
24. Meant: the only correct form of the past tense of mean (pronounced “ment”)
25. Pent: an alternate form of the past tense of pen, meaning “confine,” although the past tense for pen in the sense of writing is penned
26. Reft: an alternate form of the past tense of reave
27. Rent: an alternate form of the past tense of rend
28. Sent: the only correct form of the past tense of send
29. Shot: the only correct form of the past tense of shoot
30. Slept: the only correct form of the past tense of sleep
31. Slipt: a variant form of the past tense of slip
32. Smelt: a variant form of the past tense of smell; also, a noun referring to a type of fish or a verb for melting or reducing metal or another substance
33. Spelt: an alternate form of the past tense of spell, used mostly in British English but occasionally appearing in American English usage as well; also, a noun referring to a type of wheat
34. Spent: the only correct form of the past tense of spend
35. Spilt: a variant form of the past tense of spill
36. Spoilt: a variant form of the past tense of spoil
37. Stript: a variant form of the past tense of strip
38. Vext: a variant form of the past tense of vex
39. Wept: the only correct form of the past tense of weep
40. Went: the only correct form of the past tense of go
Answer:
Bent, sent, built, dreamt and burnt.