Lit Light Laɪt Candle I Lighted Verb Bre

• she lit a candle.
• the candles were lit.
• i put a lighted match to the letter and watched it burn.
• steve took out a cigarette and lit it.

light

1. to make something start to burn
• She lit a candle.
• The candles were lit.
• I put a lighted match to the letter and watched it burn.
• Steve took out a cigarette and lit it.
2. to start to burn
• The fire wouldn't light.
3. to give light to something or to a place
• The stage was lit by bright spotlights.
• well/badly lit streets
• the lighted windows of the house
4. to guide somebody with a light
• Our way was lit by a full moon.

Extra Examples

• A gleam of humour momentarily lit his face.
• Her face lit up with pleasure.
• She paused to light another cigarette.
• Stacey’s face immediately lit up.
• The room was dark now, lit only by a single candle.
• a brightly lit room
• a dimly lit street
• Come in, I’ll light a fire and you can get warmed up.
• Make sure you always park your car in busy, well lit streets.
• They installed gas apparatus to light the factory.
• to light a match/cigarette/candle

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they light
• he / she / it lights
• past simple lit
• past participle lit
• -ing form lighting

Word Origin

• verb ,Old English lēoht, līht (noun and adjective), līhtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch licht and German Licht, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek leukos ‘white’ and Latin lux ‘light’.