What’s the Past Tense of Sink? Sank vs. Sunk?
Sink is simple present, sank is the simple past tense; sunk is the past participle.
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What’s the past tense of sleep? Or wake, ride, bite, write and draw? Each verb has its corresponding present, past and future tenses (altogether, there are 12 tenses in English).
If you need clarification on the tenses and the various verb forms, look no further. But make no mistake: verb tenses in English are confusing. Listen closely, and you’ll hear how they’re constantly confused. That said, understanding the correct conjugations of different tenses, and what the different tenses mean is integral to understanding the structure of language as a whole.
There are 4 past tenses (the simple past, the past continuous, the past perfect and the past perfect continuous tense).
What’s the Past Tense of Stink? Stank vs Stunk
To stink is the present tense, whereas stank is the past simple tense. Stunk is the past participle form of the verb, stink.
What’s the Past Tense of Swim? Swam vs. Swum
To swim is in the present tense. Swam is in the past tense, and had/have/has swum is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Hit?
Hit is an irregular verb with one form: the past tense and past participle of hit are just hit.
Is it Rang or Rung? What’s the Past Tense of Ring?
To ring someone, as in ‘phone a friend’, is the present tense. Rang is the past tense, and rung is the past participle.
Drank or Drunk? What’s the Past Tense of Drink?
Drink is an irregular verb with three forms: drank is past tense, and drunk is the past participle of the present tense verb, to drink.
What’s the Past Tense of Sing? Sang or Sung?
Sing is the simple present, sang is the standard simple past tense, and sung is the past participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Meet?
The past tense and past participle forms of the verb meet are the same: both are met.
What’s the Past Tense of Read?
The present, past tense and past participle forms of read are all read, though the past tense forms are pronounced differently.
What’s the Past Tense of Spoil? Spoiled or Spoilt?
The preferred past tense in either case appears to be spoiled. In UK English, spoilt is also accepted as a past participle form.