Hang can mean attach an object so it stays suspended, or describe an object suspended that way.
The idea
Use hang a picture on the wall for the action and the picture hangs above the table for its position. For objects the past form is hung.
Examples
- The picture hangs above the table.
- She hangs her coat behind the door.
- We hung the mirror yesterday.
- He is hanging a towel near the window.
- Please hang the map on the wall.
- Two paintings hang in the room.
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Hang can describe either placing an object or its position; look at the subject and object to tell which.
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Choose the past form for an object. Yesterday we ___ the mirror on the wall. (hung / hang)
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hung
Hung is the past form used for hanging an object.
Choose the preposition for the wall. Please attach the map flat ___ the wall. (on / under)
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on
On identifies the wall where the map is attached.
Choose the form describing its position. The picture is suspended above the table: it ___ there. (hangs / carries)
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hangs
The picture hangs describes its suspended position.
Practice round
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Choose the past form for an object. Yesterday we ___ the mirror on the wall. (hung / hang)
Choose the preposition for the wall. Please attach the map flat ___ the wall. (on / under)
Choose the form describing its position. The picture is suspended above the table: it ___ there. (hangs / carries)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe something that hangs in a room and say where it is.