Past simple and past participle
bet
Bet is an irregular verb: its past simple is bet and its past participle is bet.
- Base form
- bet
- Past simple
- bet
- Past participle
- bet
- Definition
- Risk something, usually a sum of money, against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of a future event, such as the result of a race or game.
- Example
- “I would be prepared to bet that what he really wanted was to settle down.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- All three forms are the same, like cut, cut, cut.