
Examples of the word rung used in sentences The phone rang ten times before Lisa gave up. His phone rang as he reached for a dumbbell. She climbed out of bed and rang for her maid. Sentence examples are from Oxford Learner's Dictionary, rang: The following sentences show the correct use of the simple past tense rang in context. Will you answer the telephone if it rings?Įxamples of the word rang used in sentences No good calls ring in at that time of night. Just ring for the nurse if you need her! 3. We were startled by the ring of my cell phone. Sentence examples are from YourDictionary, ring: The following sentences show the correct use of the verb to ring in context. Examples of the word ring used in sentences This is what marks that it is indeed the past participle (i.e., rung), and not the past simple tense, rang. Also, take note that participles require an auxiliary or helping verb, such as has/have/had.

The past participle forms the perfect tense and the passive voice, which uses a sentence object. Have you rang the doorbell? ( past tense) She had rung the doorbell twice until someone finally opened it.

Verbs with 2 past tense conjugation forms. Ring is an irregular verb that belongs to this latter camp, and has 3 verb forms, i.e., ring, rang, and rung. Irregular verbs (those that do not end in - ed), such as ring, fall largely into 3 main categories: those that have one form/verb conjugation, those with two, and finally three. To ring is in the present tense: Did you ring the doorbell? Rang is the simple past : Have you rang the doorbell? Rung is the past participle: She had rung the doorbell twice until someone finally opened it. Lastly, to ring has another meaning as a verb (transitive or intransitive), which is best understood as "to phone somebody/something e.g., ' I'll ring you up later.' The word ring is also a common noun and object, defined as "a piece of jewellery that you wear on your finger, consisting of a round band of gold, silver, etc., sometimes decorated with precious stones." To define the subject topic, the intransitive verb ring is defined by Merriam-Webster as, "to sound resonantly or sonorously: the doorbell rang ". Is it, 'the noise rang in my ears', or ' rung in my ears'? Also known as the question of this article on verb conjugations more specifically, what's the past tense of the present tense verb, ring? Let's ring in on this lesson, in the next sections.
