- Base form: Hide
- This is the present tense of the verb, used when the action is happening in the present or generally.
- Example: “I hide my phone when I go to bed.”
- Past tense: Hid
- “Hid” is the simple past form of the verb “hide.” It refers to an action that has already been completed in the past.
- Example: “Yesterday, I hid the gift in the closet.”
- Past participle: Hidden
- The past participle is used with auxiliary verbs like “has,” “have,” or “had” to form perfect tenses.
- Example: “I have hidden the keys before you arrived.”
Verb conjugation overview:
- Present tense: hide
- Past tense: hid
- Past participle: hidden
Example in different tenses:
- Present: “I hide my phone every night.”
- Past: “I hid my phone last night.”
- Present perfect: “I have hidden my phone.”
- Past perfect: “I had hidden my phone before the call came.”