shake
Base form
shake
/ʃeɪk/
Past simple
shook
/ʃʊk/
Past participle
shaken
/ˈʃeɪkən/
MeaningA2
to move quickly up and down or from side to side
to shake hands
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Shake the bottle well before you open it.
- Negative · Form 1Don’t shake the box because there’s a cake inside.
- Past simple · Form 2Tom shook my hand and welcomed me to the team on Monday.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night the whole house shook when the lorry went past.
- Passive · Form 3The town was shaken by a small earthquake on Tuesday.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you shaken the rug out in the garden?
Watch out
Shaken, not shooken: the participle keeps the a of shake, like taken from take.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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