Past simple and past participle
beat
Beat is an irregular verb: its past simple is beat and its past participle is beaten.
- Base form
- beat
- Past simple
- beat
- Past participle
- beaten
- Definition
- Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.
- Example
- “If we were caught we were beaten.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.