Irregular VerbsPast tense of “give”: gave, given
The verb “give” is irregular: its past simple is “gave” and its past participle is “given”.
Base form (V1)
give
/ɡɪv/
Past simple (V2)
gave
/ɡeɪv/
Past participle (V3)
given
/ˈɡɪvən/
Meaning
to hand something to someone
Example
She gave me a lovely gift.
Pattern
ABC — all three forms are different
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