Broadcast is an irregular verb. Its past tense form (broadcast) must be memorized as it does not follow standard conjugation rules.
Verbs that follow a similar irregular pattern to broadcast:
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Broadcast is irregular. Its past tense (broadcast) must be memorized.
Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she broadcast to the store."
No. Use "did not broadcast" (not "did not broadcast").
The verb broadcast is an irregular verb in English. Unlike regular verbs that simply add -ed, broadcast changes to broadcast in the past tense. This irregular form must be memorized as it does not follow the standard conjugation rules.
Irregular verbs like broadcast/broadcast trace back to Old English strong verbs, where vowel changes (ablaut) indicated tense shifts. Over centuries, most verbs regularized to the -ed pattern, but the most frequently used verbs retained their irregular forms because they were too common to change. This is why go/went, see/saw, and break/broke remain irregular today.
When using broadcast in writing, remember that it functions as a past tense verb and typically appears with time markers like yesterday, last week, or ago. For example: "Yesterday, she broadcast to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I broadcast, you broadcast, he/she broadcast, we broadcast, they broadcast.