Past simple and past participle
bear
Bear is an irregular verb: its past simple is bore and its past participle is born or borne.
- Base form
- bear
- Past simple
- bore
- Past participle
- born or borne
- Definition
- Carry the weight of; support.
- Example
- “The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their nests.”
- CEFR level
- C1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.