Past simple and past participle
swim
Swim is an irregular verb: its past simple is swam and its past participle is swum.
- Base form
- swim
- Past simple
- swam
- Past participle
- swum
- Definition
- Propel the body through water by using the limbs, or (in the case of a fish or other aquatic animal) by using fins, tail, or other bodily movement.
- Example
- “They swam ashore.”
- CEFR level
- A2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.