Throw: throw – threw – thrown

Irregular verb, level A1.

A1 · Beginner
Base form (V1)throw
Past simple (V2)threw
Past participle (V3)thrown

Meaning

To send something into the air with your hand.

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Examples for each form

Base form (V1)
Please throw the ball to me.

Past simple (V2)
He threw the ball over the wall.

Past participle (V3)
She has thrown the ball very far.

Check yourself

Write the past simple and the past participle of throw.

Verbs that change the same way

Past simple ends in -ew, past participle in -wn

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Phrasal verbs with throw

throw away

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