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

2) As an adjective, sung means performed by singing rather than speaking, as in "a sung service" or "sung prayers". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x1)
- The anthem was sung at the start of the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x2)
- Happy Birthday was sung loudly by the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x3)
- On Sundays there is a sung Mass at eleven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x4)
- The choir had sung beautifully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x5)
- The lollipop lady is an unsung hero of our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x6)
- Now she heard the following words sadly sung,-- [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/1/)
- [BY TOAD will be sung in the course of the evening by the. . .](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/28/)
- ["shēngrì kuàilè" means happy birthday; "zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè" is sung to the same tune as the English song.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/14/)
- [Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.964/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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