Các dạng của động từ
Dạng nguyên
/stænd/
Past Simple
/stʊd/
Past Participle
/stʊd/
Câu ví dụ
Dạng nguyên · stand
- Thousands of fans stand in line for concert tickets.
Past Simple · stood
- He stood by the window watching the rain.
- Did you stand it before lunch?
- I stood it as soon as I possibly could.
- We stood it together earlier this week.
Past Participle · stood
- That castle has stood on the hill for centuries.
- We have never stood anything quite like it.
- He has stood it many times before.
- I have already stood it more than once.
Cụm từ thường gặp
stand up
to rise to your feet
stand out
to be easily noticed
Thì chính
| Hiện tại đơn | Quá khứ đơn | Hiện tại hoàn thành |
|---|---|---|
I stand he / she / it stands | I stood | I have stood |
| Hiện tại tiếp diễn:I am standing · he / she / it is standing | ||
Hướng dẫn ngữ pháp
The verb "stand" follows the ABB pattern: the past simple and past participle share one form ("stood"), while the base form ("stand") is different. ABB is the most common pattern among English irregular verbs — roughly half of all irregulars fall here, so mastering this group pays dividends across the whole language.
Use the past simple "stood" to talk about a completed action or event at a definite moment in the past. It stands alone as the main verb — no auxiliary is needed. Common accompanying time expressions include yesterday, last week, ago, and when: "She stood the whole report by herself." The action is seen as finished and anchored to a specific past time.
The past participle "stood" always works together with an auxiliary verb. It appears in: (1) the present perfect with have/has — "I have stood this several times before"; (2) the past perfect with had — "By the time we called, they had already stood"; (3) passive voice — "The decision was stood by the board." Never use "stood" as a standalone past-tense verb without an auxiliary.
Memory tip: because "stood" and "stood" are the same, you only need to memorise one past form. Many ABB verbs follow recognisable sound shifts — a large group ends in -ought (bring→brought, buy→bought, catch→caught, fight→fought, seek→sought, teach→taught, think→thought), and another group shows a vowel shift plus -t (feel→felt, keep→kept, leave→left, mean→meant, sleep→slept). Identifying which sub-group "stand" belongs to can make the form easier to remember long-term.
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