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The past tense form of 'heal' is healed. Example: The doctor healed her broken leg in just a few weeks. (The doctor healed her broken leg in just a few weeks.)
Definition of “heal”
- to make or become healthy or whole again, especially after an injury or illness
- to alleviate or relieve (a person's distress or suffering)
Tense sentence structure and examples:
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Notes from a Native English Speaker
Here are the general structures of a present and past participle. Remember, some verbs have an irregular form and may not follow this structure: Present Participle: [Verb] -ing Past Participle: [Verb] -ed
| Past Simple | healed |
| Past Continuous | healing |
| Past Perfect | healed |
Past Simple
The simple past tense is used to describe completed actions or events that occurred at a specific point in the past.
Subject + Past Simple Verb + (Object)
Example
The medicine healed her wounds.
Example
They healed the patient's pain.
Past Continuous
The past continuous tense is used to indicate actions or events that were in progress or happening at a specific point in the past.
Subject + was/were + Present Participle + (Object)
Example
The therapist was healing the patient's emotional trauma.
Example
I wasn't healing as quickly as I had hoped.
Past Perfect
The past perfect tense is used to show that one past action or event occurred before another past action or event, emphasizing the order of events in the past.
Subject + had + Past Participle + (Object)
Example
By the time she returned to the doctor, her wound had healed.
Example
They had healed all the injuries before the game.
Is healed an irregular verb in the past?
No, "healed" is not an irregular past tense verb.
