shut
Base form
shut
/ʃʌt/
Past simple
shut
/ʃʌt/
Past participle
shut
/ʃʌt/
MeaningA2
to close something
to shut down your computer
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Please shut the door behind you to keep the heat in.
- Negative · Form 1Don’t shut the laptop until the update has finished.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the shop shut early because of the snow.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night Leo shut himself in his room to revise for his exams.
- Passive · Form 3The museum was shut for repairs all last summer.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you shut all the windows before we go out?
Watch out
Shut never changes: I shut the door, it was shut. Shut up! is rude; ask people to be quiet. Shutted and shutten are wrong.
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