Shake: shake – shook – shaken

Irregular verb, level A2.

A2 · Elementary
Base form (V1)shake
Past simple (V2)shook
Past participle (V3)shaken

Meaning

To move something quickly back and forward.

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Examples for each form

Base form (V1)
Please shake the bottle before you drink.

Past simple (V2)
She shook the box to hear what was inside.

Past participle (V3)
He has shaken the bottle of juice well.

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Write the past simple and the past participle of shake.

Verbs that change the same way

Past simple ends in -ook, past participle in -aken

takemistakeundertakeovertakeforsake

Phrasal verbs with shake

shake up

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