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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#m1)

2) (of birds, kettles, wind) Made a high, musical sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x1)
- The birds sang outside my window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x2)
- The choir sang 5 songs in the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x3)
- She sang along to the radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x4)
- The kettle sang on the stove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x5)
- Everyone sang the national anthem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x6)
- The teacher sang our praises to the head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x7)
- These were the words he sang: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/15/)
- [When the Hatter sang at the concert, the Queen «bawled out» (shouted) «He's murdering the time!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/14/)
- [Nobody knows exactly when language began, but early humans talked, sang and told stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/1-the-first-people/17/)
- [The words «Let my people go» inspired enslaved people in America who sang and fought for their freedom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/17/)
- [Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.772/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sang» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sang/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.