The Verb "Wed" in English

Conjugation of "To Wed"

The verb "wed" is an irregular verb. (This means that "wed" does not form its simple past tense or its past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form.)

The Five Forms of "To Wed"

Form	wed	Alternative Name
Base Form	wed	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	weds	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	wed (also wedded)	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	wedding	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	wed (also wedded)	[no alternative name]

"To Wed" in All the Tenses

The tables below show how "wed" conjugates in the past, present, and future tenses.

Past Tenses

Person	Simple Past	Past Progressive Tense	Past Perfect Tense	Past Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	wed (also wedded) wed (also wedded) wed (also wedded) wed (also wedded) wed (also wedded) wed (also wedded) The simple past tense is for a completed activity that happened in the past.	was wedding were wedding was wedding were wedding were wedding were wedding The past progressive tense is for an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.	had wed (also wedded) had wed (also wedded) had wed (also wedded) had wed (also wedded) had wed (also wedded) had wed (also wedded) The past perfect tense is for emphasizing that an action was completed before another took place.	had been wedding had been wedding had been wedding had been wedding had been wedding had been wedding The past perfect progressive tense is for showing that an ongoing action in the past has ended.

Present Tenses

Person	Simple Present	Present Progressive Tense	Present Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	wed wed weds wed wed wed The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.	am wedding are wedding is wedding are wedding are wedding are wedding The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.	have wed (also wedded) have wed (also wedded) has wed (also wedded) have wed (also wedded) have wed (also wedded) have wed (also wedded) The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)	have been wedding have been wedding has been wedding have been wedding have been wedding have been wedding The present perfect progressive tense is for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues into the present (or finished very recently).

Future Tenses

Person	Simple Future	Future Progressive Tense	Future Perfect Tense	Future Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	will wed will wed will wed will wed will wed will wed The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.	will be wedding will be wedding will be wedding will be wedding will be wedding will be wedding The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.	will have wed (also wedded) will have wed (also wedded) will have wed (also wedded) will have wed (also wedded) will have wed (also wedded) will have wed (also wedded) The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.	will have been wedding will have been wedding will have been wedding will have been wedding will have been wedding will have been wedding The future perfect progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.

Most Common Irregular Verbs

The two most common irregular verbs in English are "be" and "have." These pages give more details about these two verbs:

Here are the next 10 most common irregular verbs in English:

see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think

This page was written by Craig Shrives.