Base form | Past Simple | Past Participle | |
light
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lit
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lit
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light
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lighted
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lighted
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-ing form
lighting
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s
lights
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Is it lit or lighted?
Both lighted and lit are the past tense and past participle forms of the verb light.
lit is much more common nowadays in modern language, particularly as the simple past tense of the verb light.