Past simple and past participle
strive
Strive is an irregular verb: its past simple is strove and its past participle is striven.
- Base form
- strive
- Past simple
- strove
- Past participle
- striven
- Definition
- Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
- Example
- “National movements were striving for independence.”
- CEFR level
- C2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.