gave

gave — verb

1. Gave is the form of the verb 'give' that you use for something that happened in

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

Gave is the form of the verb 'give' that you use for something that happened in the past. It means to hand something to another person, to provide something for someone, or to allow someone to have or experience something at an earlier time.

例句

Shirin gave her little sister a warm hug before leaving for school.

ditransitive: gave + indirect object + direct object

Aarav gave his old smartphone to a friend who needed one for school.

gave + direct object + to + recipient

文法句型

gave + someone + something

gave + something + to + someone

用法筆記

Gave is only the past simple form — it cannot follow have, has, or had. Use given (the past participle) after auxiliary verbs: She has given me advice before. Gave stays the same for all subjects (I gave, you gave, he gave, we gave, they gave). Unlike regular verbs, it never takes an -ed ending.

常見錯誤

❌She gived me a book for my birthday.
✅She gave me a book for my birthday.
💡'give' is an irregular verb; the past tense is 'gave', not 'gived'.
❌I have gave him the money yesterday.
✅I gave him the money yesterday.
💡use 'gave' for the simple past; 'given' is the form that goes with 'have/has/had'.
❌He was gave a present by his boss.
✅He was given a present by his boss.
💡in passive sentences, use the past participle 'given', not the simple past 'gave'.