Irregular verb · Ends in -en

overtake — overtook — overtaken

The three forms of the verb overtake. Meaning: to go past a car that is moving in the same direction.

Base formovertake

Past Simpleovertook

Past Participleovertaken

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Past tense — the second form: I overtook
Past negatives and questions — did and the first form: didn't overtake · Did you overtake?
Present Perfect — have / has and the third form: have overtaken · has overtaken

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Same group: Ends in -en

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