Past simple and past participle
seek
Seek is an irregular verb: its past simple is sought and its past participle is sought.
- Base form
- seek
- Past simple
- sought
- Past participle
- sought
- Definition
- Attempt to find (something).
- Example
- “They came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds.”
- CEFR level
- C1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.