Break Verb Forms: Past Tense and Past Participle (V1 V2 V3)

Meaning: to break something, to break a piece of something.

Break Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Infinitive/Base Form (V1): Break
Past Tense (V2): Broke
Past Participle Form (V3): Broken
Present Participle/Gerund (V4): Breaking
3rd Person Singular (V5): Breaks

Break Past Tense:

Past Tense of Break is Broke.

Example: Sarah broke the law.

Break Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Break is Broken.

Example: Sarah has broken the law.

Break Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Break is Breaking.

Example: Sarah is breaking the law.

Break 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Break is Breaks.

Example: Sarah breaks the law.

Break Past Tense V1 V2 v3 v4 v5 Forms of Break Past Simple and Past Participle

Break Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I break the law.
  • We/You/They break the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam breaks the law.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am breaking the law.
  • We/You/They are breaking the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam is breaking the law.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have broken the law.
  • We/You/They have broken the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam has broken the law.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been breaking the law.
  • We/You/They have been breaking the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been breaking the law.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I broke the law.
  • We/You/They broke the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam broke the law.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was breaking the law.
  • We/You/They were breaking the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam was breaking the law.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been breaking the law.
  • We/You/They had been breaking the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been breaking the law.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had broken the law.
  • We/You/They had broken the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam had broken the law.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will/shall break the law.
  • We/You/They will/shall break the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam will break the law.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be breaking the law.
  • We/You/They will be breaking the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be breaking the law.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have broken the law.
  • We/You/They will have broken the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have broken the law.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been breaking the law.
  • We/You/They will have been breaking the law.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been breaking the law.

Past Tense of Break Phrasal Verbs

Break Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Break down Broke down
Break up Broke up
Break out Broke out
Break in Broke in
Break away Broke away
Break through Broke through
Break apart Broke apart
Break off Broke off
Break with Broke with
Break for Broke for

FAQS

What is the Future Tense of Break?

Future Tense of break is “will break”.

What is the Present Tense of Break?

Present Tense of break is “break + s/es or ing”.

I/we/you/they break
He/she/it/singular name breaks
Present participle breaking

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Break?

Past perfect tense of take is “had broken”.

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