Past simple and past participle
tear
Tear is an irregular verb: its past simple is tore and its past participle is torn.
- Base form
- tear
- Past simple
- tore
- Past participle
- torn
- Definition
- Pull or rip (something) apart or to pieces with force.
- Example
- “I tore up the letter.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.