Past simple and past participle
begin
Begin is an irregular verb: its past simple is began and its past participle is begun.
- Base form
- begin
- Past simple
- began
- Past participle
- begun
- Definition
- Start; perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity).
- Example
- “It was beginning to snow.”
- CEFR level
- A1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.