Irregular verb
write
/raɪt/
- Base
- write
- Past simple
- wrote
- Past participle
- written
Usage
wrote names a single occasion; written needs have/has/had — don't confuse write with the homophones right and rite.
Meaning
- to create words or symbols on a surface
Example
I wrote her address in my notebook.
She wrote a short story for the competition.
He has written three novels so far.
Teaching note
Write has wrote for simple past and written for the participle; the silent-w spelling remains while the internal vowel and ending change.
Common mistake
Avoid ‘She has wrote three pages’, because wrote cannot follow the perfect auxiliary has.
Correction: Use ‘She wrote three pages yesterday’ or ‘She has written three pages today’, according to the time relationship.