sang

«sang» in Mova's school dictionary: The past simple form of «sing»: made musical sounds with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past form of sing (sing, sings, sang, sung, singing)

meaning for a pupil

1) The past simple form of «sing»: made musical sounds with the voice. tree →

2) (of birds, kettles, wind) Made a high, musical sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday talk: «We sang happy birthday», «The birds sang at dawn». In music lessons the class sang songs. In maths: «The choir sang 4 songs, each 3 minutes long» — total 12 minutes. Phrases: «sang along», «sang out», «sang someone's praises».

examples

• We sang «Happy Birthday» to Mum. tree →
• The birds sang outside my window. tree →
• The choir sang 5 songs in the concert. tree →
• She sang along to the radio. tree →
• The kettle sang on the stove. tree →
• Everyone sang the national anthem. tree →
• The teacher sang our praises to the head. tree →
• These were the words he sang: tree →

note

Irregular verb: sing – sang – sung. Trap: «I sang» (past simple) but «I have sung» (with have). Do not say «I have sang» or «I sung it yesterday» in standard English.

In the corpora

• Feelings after a performance can be big and mixed, and feeling bad does not prove you sang badly.
• When the Hatter sang at the concert, the Queen «bawled out» (shouted) «He's murdering the time!
• Nobody knows exactly when language began, but early humans talked, sang and told stories.
• The words «Let my people go» inspired enslaved people in America who sang and fought for their freedom.
• Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sang» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.