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I slept vs i was slept

The correct phrase is 'I slept.' 'I was slept' is not a common or correct construction in English. 'I slept' is the simple past tense of the verb 'sleep' and is used to indicate that the action of sleeping was completed in the past.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 9002 views

I slept

Correct. 'I slept' is the simple past tense of the verb 'sleep' and is used to indicate that the action of sleeping was completed in the past.

This phrase is used to express that the speaker slept at a specific time in the past.

Examples:

  • Last night, I slept for eight hours.
  • When I was a child, I slept with a teddy bear.
  • After a long day at work, I slept like a baby.
  • During the flight, I slept most of the time.
  • I slept through the entire storm.
  • Dec 7, 2022 ... I was chatting with someone and said “I slept at two last night” and got corrected. They said it's not correct to say that I slept at a time ...
  • Aug 21, 2017 ... A guy I really liked led me on until I slept with him, and now he's completely ignoring me/blowing me off. How should I get over it?
  • Jul 8, 2023 ... I said “Today, I slept late”. My fiance says that sentence means that I went to bed late at night, not woke up late. I believe it can be used ...
  • May 7, 2018 ... What do I do if I slept with somebody else when my ex and I broke up. I still want her back and I still love her. I had to tell her and she ...
  • Why I Slept on the Streets for a Year. by Yago Martins • August 20, 2024. (Image credit: Shutterstock). I went homeless with beggars for a year to better ...
  • May 11, 2022 ... I Slept Through a Year of the Pandemic. As the world settled into quarantined hibernation, a severe concussion rendered me, for the most part, ...
  • Mar 31, 2016 ... I slept with my girlfriend two days ago and now we are both hurt and feeling dirty, cheap, and ashamed. We cannot even look at ourselves.
  • Jan 15, 2019 ... How much of that would change if I slept earlier to wake up earlier? “Sleep drives our schedules as humans and everything about our bodies ...
  • I slept at home a full month out of the eleven I spent as a homeless child in Chicago. Friends who ran away would climb in through my window and sleep beneath ...
  • Mar 22, 2024 ... L.A. Affairs: I slept with a married man with kids. But don't call me a home-wrecker. An illustration of a man's hand, with a trace of a ...

Alternatives:

  • I was sleeping
  • I have slept
  • I had slept
  • I will sleep
  • I am going to sleep

i was slept

'I was slept' is not a correct construction in English. The verb 'sleep' is not typically used in the passive voice in this way.

  • Apr 15, 2020 ... Is “I was slept” correct? Since we say I am sleeping, I can see the logic that would lead you to want to say I was slept, but that would ...
  • Oct 30, 2013 ... What is the difference in meaning between: I was slept, I was asleep, I was sleeping?
  • Dec 25, 2018 ... The verb conjugation would be: I AM sleeping I WAS sleeping. I WILL BE sleeping. I SLEEP (not I am sleep) I SLEPT (not I was slept)
  • Nov 25, 2023 ... I'm up for every hour I was slept on · You see how good I look? · SELF-PROCLAIMED SERIAL KILLER: Joshua Dotson was convicted of two murders this ...
  • Aug 18, 2016 ... The above statement has three verbs in the past tense. was = is; slept = sleep; came = come. My questions: Are "I was slept" and "he ...
  • Nov 20, 2023 ... I thought the purpose of “Good As Gold” was to prevent status moves from affecting Gholdengo - but I was slept by a Vaporeon with Yawn.
  • May 29, 2015 ... Is "I was slept when he came back... " grammatical? 1 · Which is correct "If you are tired" or "If you tired"? 12 · Why is "I let him to sleep ...
  • Sep 29, 2024 ... Guys I was slept tonight What happened to Barcelona.
  • ... I was slept all night. That morning I was awakened by someone sitting on my bed. An older guy with a familiar face. "I'm George Gobel," he said. "You ...
  • Aug 17, 2023 ... I used to work for close to 16 hours a day, and wore it like a badge of honor. Posted stories, bragged to friends about how busy I was, slept for 4 hours and ...

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