Hang-out past tense
Meaning of hang-out
to spend time relaxing or socializing.
Infinitive
- 1. We often hang out at the coffee shop after class.
- 2. They hang out in the park on sunny days.
- 3. She likes to hang out with her friends on weekends.
Past Simple
- 1. Yesterday, we hung out at the mall for hours, just window shopping and chatting.
- 2. Last weekend, she hung out with her cousins at the park for a picnic.
- 3. They hung out together at the coffee shop, discussing their plans for the upcoming project.
Past Participle
- 1. We had hung out at the new café before it became popular.
- 2. The pictures were hung out to dry after the rain had soaked them.
- 3. All our plans had been hung out to dry when the unexpected storm hit.
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Bare infinitive
- Habitual actions or routines.Example. I hang out with my friends every Friday after school.Example. People often hang out in coffee shops to work or study.Example. The team hangs out for a meeting every first Monday of the month.
- General truths or facts.Example. I hang out with my friends every Friday after school.Example. People often hang out in coffee shops to work or study.Example. The team hangs out for a meeting every first Monday of the month.
- Scheduled events in the near future (mostly in formal contexts).Example. I hang out with my friends every Friday after school.Example. People often hang out in coffee shops to work or study.Example. The team hangs out for a meeting every first Monday of the month.
Past Simple
- Completed actions in the past at a specific time.Example. We hung out at the park yesterday afternoon.Example. Last Saturday, we hung out at the mall for a few hours and then went to see a movie.Example. When I was in college, I hung out with a totally different group of people.Example. I asked them when they had hung out together last weekend.
- A sequence of actions in the past.Example. We hung out at the park yesterday afternoon.Example. Last Saturday, we hung out at the mall for a few hours and then went to see a movie.Example. When I was in college, I hung out with a totally different group of people.Example. I asked them when they had hung out together last weekend.
- Past habits or states that are no longer true.Example. We hung out at the park yesterday afternoon.Example. Last Saturday, we hung out at the mall for a few hours and then went to see a movie.Example. When I was in college, I hung out with a totally different group of people.Example. I asked them when they had hung out together last weekend.
- Indirect questions about the time of an action.Example. We hung out at the park yesterday afternoon.Example. Last Saturday, we hung out at the mall for a few hours and then went to see a movie.Example. When I was in college, I hung out with a totally different group of people.Example. I asked them when they had hung out together last weekend.
Past Participle
- Perfect aspect forms, indicating completed actions at a point in the past before another action.
- Present Perfect. I have hung out with them several times this month.
- Past Perfect. They had hung out together before deciding to start a business.
- Future Perfect. By the end of the week, we will have hung out in all the new cafes in town.
Common mistakes
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Confusing Forms
A common mistake with verbs like 'hang out' is confusing its simple past and past participle forms. The simple past form is 'hung out,' used for actions that happened at a specific time in the past. The past participle form is also 'hung out,' which is used in perfect tenses and passive voice constructions. People often mistakenly use 'hanged out' by drawing an incorrect analogy with verbs that have distinct past and past participle forms, such as 'write' (wrote/written).
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Use in Perfect Tenses
Another frequent error involves the misuse of 'hang out' in perfect tenses. Since the past participle form is 'hung out,' it should be correctly used with auxiliary verbs to construct perfect aspects (e.g., 'I have hung out,' 'They had hung out'). However, learners sometimes incorrectly use 'hung' as if it were the base form, leading to errors like 'I have hang out' or using 'hanged' due to confusion with its other meaning related to execution by hanging.
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Improper Sentences
When forming negative sentences or questions in the past simple, the auxiliary verb 'did' is required, and the main verb reverts to its base form. A common mistake is to keep the verb in its past form or use the past participle instead. The correct structure should be 'Did you hang out?' for a question, and 'I did not hang out' for a negative statement, rather than incorrectly maintaining the past or past participle form as in 'Did you hung out?' or 'I didn't hung out.'
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