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Smell (Irregular Verb)

Smell Meaning:

  • To detect odours with your nose
  • To emit odours

Forms of 'To Smell':

Form Smell
V1 Base Form (Infinitive): Smell
V2 Simple Past Tense: Smelt/Smelled
V3 Past Participle: Smelt/Smelled
V4 3rd Person Singular: Smells
V5 Present Participle/Gerund: Smelling

Irregular Verbs Following a Similar Pattern

Verbs like:

Base Form  Past Simple  Past Participle
Burn Burnt/Burned Burnt/Burned
Clap Clapped/Clapt Clapped/Clapt
Dream Dreamt/Dreamed Dreamt/Dreamed
Kneel Knelt/Kneeled Knelt/Kneeled
Lean Leant/Leaned Leant/Leaned
Leap Leapt/Leaped Leapt/Leaped
Learn Learnt/Learned Learnt/Learned
Spell Spelt/Spelled Spelt/Spelled
Spill Spilt/Spilled Spilt/Spilled
Spoil Spoilt/Spoiled Spoilt/Spoiled
Strip Stript/Stripped Stript/Stripped
Sunburn Sunburned/Sunburnt Sunburned/Sunburnt
Sweep Swept/Sweeped Swept/Sweeped
Vex Vext/Vexed Vext/Vexed

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