Past simple and past participle
shave
Shave is an irregular verb: its past simple is shaved and its past participle is shaven.
- Base form
- shave
- Past simple
- shaved
- Past participle
- shaven
- Definition
- Cut the hair off one's face with a razor.
- Example
- “He washed, shaved, and had breakfast.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.