Overtake: overtake – overtook – overtaken
Irregular verb, level B2.
Base form (V1)overtake
Past simple (V2)overtook
Past participle (V3)overtaken
Meaning
To go past someone or something moving ahead of you.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
Do not overtake a car on a bend.
Past simple (V2)
A red car overtook us on the road.
Past participle (V3)
The bus has overtaken the truck.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of overtake.
Verbs that change the same way
Past simple ends in -ook, past participle in -aken
takeshakemistakeundertakeforsake
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