Past simple and past participle
bite
Bite is an irregular verb: its past simple is bit and its past participle is bitten.
- Base form
- bite
- Past simple
- bit
- Past participle
- bitten
- Definition
- (Of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something.
- Example
- “He bit off a piece of cheese.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.