Bought | brought
Bought
Brought and bought are both the past simple and past participle forms of their respective (irregular) verbs, (鈫� What does this mean?) and they sound very similar.
Bought
Bought comes from the verb buy - there is no r in buy, and so there is also none in bought.
In the past Russia bought New Zealand dairy products by exchanging them for Russian-made motor vehicles.
I had already bought the takeaways when I was told there would be no-one at home for dinner.
Idioms with buy:
There are some unusual things that you can buy (metaphorically) (or which don't mean actually using money). [To see the meaning of these uses of "buy" hover over or click the bold words below for a pop-up explanation.)
buy trouble | buy (more) time | buy a pup/dog/lemon | buy the farm
Brought
Brought is the past form of bring... and notice how bring has an r in it, and so does bring.
They haven't brought their lunch, but it's okay because we've got plenty to spare.
Each participant brought a unique skill that was needed by the group.
