Past simple and past participle
rive
Rive is an irregular verb: its past simple is rived and its past participle is riven.
- Base form
- rive
- Past simple
- rived
- Past participle
- riven
- Definition
- Split or tear apart violently.
- Example
- “The party was riven by disagreements over Europe.”
- CEFR level
- C2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.