What is the past for write?
| past | present | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | He wrote | He writes |
| continuous | He was writing | He is writing |
| perfect | He had written | He has written |
| perfect continuous | He had been writing | He has been writing |
- Present Indefinite. I write. you write. ...
- Present Perfect. I have written. ...
- Present Continuous. I am writing. ...
- Present Perfect Continuous. I have been writing. ...
- Past Indefinite. I wrote. ...
- Past Continuous. I was writing. ...
- Past Perfect. I had written. ...
- Past Perfect Continuous. I had been writing.
Write, Wrote, Written.
The present perfect tense of 'write' is either 'has written' or 'have written' and can be used in the following way: He/She/It has written the new book in three months. I/You/We/They have written the new book in three months.
The past tense of write is wrote: I wrote, you wrote, she wrote, he wrote... Written is a past particle - I've written to the bank, she's written, they've written to me.
The past and past participle forms of the irregular verb 'write' is 'wrote' and 'written' respectively.
- Yo escribo = I write.
- Tú escribe = You write.
- Él/ella/Ud. escribes = He/she writes.
- Nosotros escribimos = We write.
- Vosotro escribís = You all write.
- Ellos/ellas/Uds. escriben = They write.
verb (used with object), wrote or (Archaic) writ; writ·ten or (Archaic) writ; writ·ing. to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
Answer and Explanation: "Write" and "writes" are both used in the simple present tense. "Write" is used for the first and second person (singular and plural), as well as the third person plural. "Writes" is used for the third person singular.
Example : informative is to write ; past tense of write write+ ed= writed. Note that since the verb in its informative ends with -e, that drops out, so we end up with writed. But if verb in infinitive form had no - e, for example as in to light;, past tense of light would be just light+ ed= lighted.
Why write in the past tense?
Writing a story in past tense allows you to manipulate time, to reveal, and to conceal events. Past-tense fiction creates a more subtle kind of suspense where we may know the outcome of the story but we want to know how and why we ended up there. This is good for more cerebral, reflective characters.
Both are potentially correct, depending on context. The first is the simple past -- it's the most basic form of the past tense. "Wrote" is the past tense of "write." The second might be said in response to a negation, with emphasis on did: "John didn't write this song."
