Question

What is the past tense of the word “cost”?

Answer 1

Hint:
- Past tense verbs indicate actions or events that occurred in the past or started in the past.
- Regular past tense verbs which end with a "-d" or an "-ed".
- Irregular past tense verbs that do not change their spelling when used in the past tense.

Complete answer:
The past tense is a grammatical tense that refers to a past event or an event that started in the past. English verbs go, went, and gone are examples of past tense verbs.
For example The cost of living in a rural area is low as compared to the urban area.

Past tense can be divided such as:
1. Simple past tense:
We add -ed to the infinitive form of the verb for regular verbs. (cost or costed)

2. Past continuous tense:
Form - was/were + verb + ing. (costing)

3. Past perfect tense:
Form - had + past participle. (had cost or costed)

4. Past perfect continuous tense:
From - had + been + verb + ing. (had been costing)

We need to write the past tense of the word “cost”.
The past tense of “cost” is cost or costed.
The past participle of “cost” is cost or costed.
The infinitive form of “cost” is cost.
The present participle of “cost is costing.

Note: If it is used as a verb, "cost" is "costed" in the past. But the word does not shift depending on the tense as an adjective (it is usually used). For instance, What did that cost? And When we costed a list of production factors, we created a net loss.