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sleep

/sliːp/

rest unconscious

Verb forms

Base form

sleep

Past Simple

slept

Past Participle

slept

Example sentences

Base form · sleep

Babies sleep up to sixteen hours a day.

Past Simple · slept

I slept badly because of the noise outside.

Past Participle · slept

He has slept through his alarm again.

Conjugation pattern

The past simple and the past participle share the same form.

Verbs with the same pattern