Past simple and past participle
saw
Saw is an irregular verb: its past simple is sawed and its past participle is sawn.
- Base form
- saw
- Past simple
- sawed
- Past participle
- sawn
- Definition
- Cut (something) using a saw.
- Example
- “The top of each post is sawed off at railing height.”
- CEFR level
- C2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.