Past simple and past participle
throw
Throw is an irregular verb: its past simple is threw and its past participle is thrown.
- Base form
- throw
- Past simple
- threw
- Past participle
- thrown
- Definition
- Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.
- Example
- “I threw a brick through the window.”
- CEFR level
- A2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.