Past Tense of Hide | Examples & Conjugation
The simple past tense of hide is “hid.” The past participle of the verb “hide” is “hidden.”
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| Simple past tense of hide | Past participle of hide |
|---|---|
| As soon as she left the room, he hid the present at the back of a cupboard. | I’ve hidden the key under a flowerpot. |
| The boy closed his eyes and counted to ten while his friend hid in the garden. | The coins were hidden in a cellar over a thousand years ago. |
Hide past tense
The past tense form of the verb hide is “hid,” and its past participle form is “hidden.”
“Hide” follows the same conjugation pattern as the irregular verb bite.
| Grammatical form | Example in a sentence |
|---|---|
| Simple past tense | I hid the money before I went on vacation, and now I can’t find it. |
| Present perfect tense | I’ve hidden the money somewhere very safe. |
| Past perfect tense | He said he’d hidden the money somewhere safe. |
| Simple past passive voice | Where was the money hidden? |
| Modal verb + auxiliary verb “have” | I should’ve hidden the money in a safer place. |
*Hided
Hided is not the past tense or past participle form of “hide,” which is an irregular verb. The past tense of “hide” is “hid” (e.g., “Dad hid behind a tree and jumped out when Mom walked by”). The past participle of “hide” is “hidden” (e.g., “Watch out, Mom! Dad’s hidden behind that tree”).
Frequently asked questions about the past tense of hide
- What does hid mean?
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The word hid is the simple past tense of hide (e.g., “I hid the presents under the bed when I got home yesterday”).
You use “hid” in the simple past tense and in second conditional sentences (“Would he find it if we hid it under the bed?”).
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