Irregular VerbsPast tense of “break”: broke, broken
The verb “break” is irregular: its past simple is “broke” and its past participle is “broken”.
Base form (V1)
break
/breɪk/
Past simple (V2)
broke
/brəʊk/
Past participle (V3)
broken
/ˈbrəʊkən/
Meaning
to make something come apart into pieces
Example
He broke the window with a stone.
Pattern
ABC — all three forms are different
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