What’s Past Tense of Wake? Woke or Woken?
Wake (present tense) has two past verb forms: woke and woken. Woke is the simple past, and woken is the past participle (used with a helper verb).
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March 7, 2023
Shook or Shaken: What’s the Past Tense of Shake?
Shake is the present tense. Shook is the simple past tense, and ‘had shaken’ is the past participle form of shake.
Showed or Shown? What’s the Past Tense of Show?
Show has three verb conjugations altogether: show, showed, and shown/showed (depending on UK/American English). Shown is the past participle of show.
What’s the Past Tense of Spring? Spring, Sprang, Sprung?
‘She sprang out of bed’, is the past tense. ‘She’d sprung out of bed and scraped her knee when she hit the floor,’ uses the participle, sprung.
Is it Swore or Sworn? What’s the Past Tense of Swear?
Swore is the simple past tense, whereas sworn is the past participle form of the present tense verb, swear.