Shear: shear – sheared – shorn/sheared
Irregular verb, level B2.
Base form (V1)shear
Past simple (V2)sheared
Past participle (V3)shorn / sheared
Meaning
To cut wool from a sheep.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
Farmers shear sheep in the spring.
Past simple (V2)
He sheared the sheep last week.
Past participle (V3)
All the sheep have been shorn.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of shear.
All three forms are different
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