Many learners assume that the past tense of “hit” is “hitted.” However, “hitted” is not a correct form of the past tense. The correct form is simply “hit.” For example: “Yesterday, I hit a home run in the baseball game.”

Unlike many other verbs, 'hit' remains the same in both its past simple and past participle forms. The error usually arises when learners mistakenly believe they need to modify the verb for the past participle, leading to incorrect forms like 'hitted' or 'hitten.'

The past tense of hit is hit or hat (Scotland, Northern England or obsolete). The third-person singular simple present indicative form of hit is hits. The present participle of hit is hitting. The past participle of hit is hit or hitten (archaic, rare, dialectal).