Spend Verb Forms: Past Tense and Past Participle (V1 V2 V3)

Meaning: use or pay out money on something; waste time doing something

Spend Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Infinitive/Base Form (V1) Spend
Past Tense (V2) Spent
Past Participle Form (V3) Spent
Present Participle/Gerund (V4) Spending
3rd Person Singular (V5) Spends

Spend Past Tense:

Past Tense of Spend is Spent.

Example: Sarah spent the money.

Spend Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Spend is Spent.

Example: Sarah has spent the money.

Spend Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Spend is Spending.

Example: Sarah is spending the money.

Spend 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Spend is Spends.

Example: Sarah spends the money.

spend past tense

Spend Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I spend the money.
  • We/You/They spend the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam spends the money.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am spending the money.
  • We/You/They are spending the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam is spending the money.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have spent the money.
  • We/You/They have spent the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam has spent the money.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been spending the money.
  • We/You/They have been spending the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been spending the money.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I spent the money.
  • We/You/They spent the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam spent the money.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was spending the money.
  • We/You/They were spending the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam was spending the money.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been spending the money.
  • We/You/They had been spending the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been spending the money.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had spent the money.
  • We/You/They had spent the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam had spent the money.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will/shall spend the money.
  • We/You/They will/shall spend the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam will spend the money.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be spending the money.
  • We/You/They will be spending the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be spending the money.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have spent the money.
  • We/You/They will have spent the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have spent the money.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been spending the money.
  • We/You/They will have been spending the money.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been spending the money.

Past Tense of Spend Phrasal Verbs

Spend Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Spend up Spent up
Spend away Spent away
Spend out Spent out
Spend on Spent on
Spend in Spent in
Spend over Spent over
Spend off Spent off
Spend through Spent through
Spend towards Spent towards
Spend with Spent with

FAQS

What is the Future Tense of Spend?

Future Tense of spend is “will spend”.

What is the Present Tense of Spend?

Present Tense of spend is “spend + s/es or ing”.

I/we/you/they spend
He/she/it/singular name spends
Present participle spending

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Spend?

Past perfect tense of take is “had spent”.

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