“give”的过去式是**“gave”**。例如，“我昨天给了他一本书”的英文是：“I gave him a book yesterday.”。“give”的过去式“gave”的用法示例如下：
She gave me a gift for my birthday. (她给了我一份生日礼物。)
They gave their old clothes to charity. (他们把旧衣物捐给了慈善机构。)
He gave a speech at the conference yesterday. (他昨天在会议上发表了演讲。)
We gave the waiter a generous tip. (我们给了侍者慷慨的小费。)
以上句子都展示了“gave”作为动词过去式的用法，描述了过去发生的动作或事件。请注意，“give”的过去式“gave”是不规则动词，因此它的过去式形式与一般规则动词的过去式形式不同，需要单独记忆。
