Breed: breed – bred – bred
Irregular verb, level B1.
Base form (V1)breed
Past simple (V2)bred
Past participle (V3)bred
Meaning
To keep animals so they have young ones.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
They breed horses on this farm.
Past simple (V2)
My uncle bred dogs for many years.
Past participle (V3)
These horses have been bred on this farm.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of breed.
Verbs that change the same way
The long vowel becomes short
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