Past simple and past participle
strike
Strike is an irregular verb: its past simple is struck and its past participle is struck or stricken.
- Base form
- strike
- Past simple
- struck
- Past participle
- struck or stricken
- Definition
- Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.
- Example
- “He raised his hand, as if to strike me.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The past simple and the past participle are the same, like bring, brought, brought.