Base
I feel tired after work.
Feel plus an adjective says how you are now.
Past Tense of Feel: Felt and Felt
Feel is an irregular verb. The past tense and the past participle are the same: felt. Use feel in the present, felt for a finished time in the past, and have felt after have or has.
Base
feel
Past
felt
Past participle
felt
Third person: feels · -ing form: feeling
ABB: form patternExamples
Base
Do you feel better today?
After do, the verb stays feel.
Past
She felt sad on the bus yesterday.
Yesterday points to a finished past time, so use felt.
Past
We felt very cold on the walk last winter.
Last winter is finished, so felt is the past form.
Past participle
I have felt tired all week.
Have felt links the past to now.
Past participle
He has felt much happier since Monday.
Since Monday goes with has felt.
Usage notes
Feel plus adjective
Use feel with an adjective to talk about your body or emotions: I feel cold, she felt nervous. Do not add be: say I feel cold, not I am feel cold.
Feel like
Feel like plus a noun or an -ing verb means you want something: I feel like a coffee. I feel like walking. In the past, say I felt like a coffee.
Common mistakes
I feeled sad yesterday.
I felt sad yesterday.
Feel is irregular, so the past is felt, not feeled.
She has feeled tired all day.
She has felt tired all day.
After has, use the past participle felt.
I am feel cold.
I feel cold.
Feel is already the main verb, so do not add am.
Practise this verb
0/8
Choose the correct form
Choose the form that completes each English sentence.
1.I ___ very tired yesterday evening.
2.He has ___ sad all day.
3.I ___ hungry every morning.
4.We are ___ cold now.
Write the missing form
Type the correct form of feel in each sentence.
Correct the mistake
Replace the incorrect word in the English sentence.
8.Choose the mistake in this sentence.
Answer key
1. I ___ very tired yesterday evening.
Answer: felt
Yesterday evening is finished, so use felt.
2. He has ___ sad all day.
Answer: felt
After has, the participle is felt.
3. I ___ hungry every morning.
Answer: feel
Every morning describes a present habit: I feel.
4. We are ___ cold now.
Answer: feeling
After are, use the -ing form feeling.
5. They ___ happy after the game last night.
Answer: felt
Last night is finished, so the past is felt.
6. I have ___ hungry since breakfast.
Answer: felt
Have takes the participle felt.
7. My feet ___ cold in winter.
Answer: feel
A general present fact uses feel with a plural subject.
8. She feeled sad yesterday.
Answer: She felt sad yesterday.
The past of feel is felt.
Frequently asked questions
What is the past tense of feel?
The past tense of feel is felt: I felt tired yesterday.
What is the past participle of feel?
The past participle is also felt: I have felt tired all week.
Is feeled correct?
No. Feel is irregular. Use felt for the past and the past participle.