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The past tense of hang, is hanged?



 
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The past tense of hang, is hanged? #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 31, 2008 23:08 pm   The past tense of hang, is hanged?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #259 "Irregular Verbs Test (7)", question 6

I ......... a beautiful, framed photograph on my living room wall this past weekend. I just love it!

(a) hang
(b) hung
(c) hangs

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #259 "Irregular Verbs Test (7)", answer 6

I hung a beautiful, framed photograph on my living room wall this past weekend. I just love it!

Correct answer: (b) hung
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The past tense of hang, is hanged? #2 (permalink) Thu Jan 31, 2008 23:27 pm   The past tense of hang, is hanged?
 

Hi,
When you talk about people having been executed/killed via strangulation, you use hanged, e.g. they hanged him for the treason, He hanged himself with a guitar string
Otherwise, you use hung
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