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sleep

What is the past tense of sleep?

The past tense of sleep is slept.

Sleep is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of sleep

as a noun

base
sleep
plural
sleeps

as a verb

base
sleep
past tense
slept
past participle
slept
present participle
sleeping
third-person singular
sleeps