Irregular VerbsPast tense of “shine”: shone, shone
The verb “shine” is irregular: its past simple is “shone” and its past participle is “shone”.
Base form (V1)
shine
/ʃaɪn/
Past simple (V2)
shone
/ʃɒn/
Past participle (V3)
shone
/ʃɒn/
Meaning
to give off bright light
Example
The sun shone all afternoon.
Pattern
ABB — past simple and past participle are the same
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