sung

«sung» in Mova's school dictionary: the form of "sing" used after have, has, had and be: "I… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past participle of sing: sung)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sung is the form of "sing" used after have, has, had and be: "I have sung", "It was sung". tree →

2) As an adjective, sung means performed by singing rather than speaking, as in "a sung service" or "sung prayers". tree →

sense in the lessons

In grammar lessons pupils learn sing, sang, sung (like ring, rang, rung; drink, drank, drunk). In church, a sung Mass or sung Eucharist has the prayers sung by choir and people. Phrases: have sung, was sung, sung Mass, unsung hero (a hero no one praises).

examples

• We have sung that song three times today. tree →
• The anthem was sung at the start of the match. tree →
• Happy Birthday was sung loudly by the whole class. tree →
• On Sundays there is a sung Mass at eleven. tree →
• The choir had sung beautifully. tree →
• The lollipop lady is an unsung hero of our school. tree →
• Now she heard the following words sadly sung,-- tree →

note

Trap: past simple is sang ("I sang"); past participle is sung ("I have sung"). Wrong: "I have sang", "I sung yesterday" (said in some dialects, but not in school English). "Unsung" means not praised.

In the corpora

• «Very well sung, boys!» cries the Rat.
• BY TOAD will be sung in the course of the evening by the. . .
• "shēngrì kuàilè" means happy birthday; "zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè" is sung to the same tune as the English song.
• Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.

Trees and pragmatics

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