 |
Note: Form 3 is "sunken" when used as an adjective:
a sunken boat
At right, a partly sunken boat photo by Kees Huyser, used with permission
|
| Verbs from "sink" to "write" which are used in English Zoom!!! activities. A good dictionary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online | ||||
| sink | sank | sunk / sunken | ||
|
||||
| sit | sat | sat | ||
| sleep | slept | slept | ||
| slide | slid | slid | ||
| slit | slit | slit | ||
| speak | spoke | spoken | ||
| speed | sped | sped | ||
| spend | spent | spent | ||
| spill | spilt / spilled | spilt / spilled | ||
| spin | spun | spun | ||
| spit | spat / spitted | spat | ||
| split | split | split | ||
| spread | spread | spread | ||
| spring | sprang / sprung | sprung | ||
| stand | stood | stood | ||
| steal | stole | stolen | ||
| stick | stuck | stuck | ||
| sting | stung | stung | ||
| stink | stank | stunk | ||
| strike | struck | struck (see notes) | ||
| string | strung | strung | ||
| strive | strove | striven | ||
| swear | swore | sworn | ||
| sweep | swept | swept | ||
| swell | swelled | swollen / swelled (see notes) | ||
| swim | swam | swum | ||
| swing | swung | swung | ||
| take | took | taken | ||
| teach | taught | taught | ||
| tear | tore | torn | ||
| tell | told | told | ||
| think | thought | thought | ||
| throw | threw | thrown | ||
| understand | understood | understood | ||
| undertake | undertook | undertaken | ||
| upset | upset | upset | ||
| wake | woke | woken | ||
| wear | wore | worn | ||
| weave | wove | woven | ||
| weep | wept | wept | ||
| wet | wet | wet | ||
| win | won | won | ||
| wind | wound | wound | ||
| withdrawn | withdrew | withdrawn | ||
| write | wrote | written | ||
|
|
||||
| strike | Form 3 is "stricken" when referring to a health or other problem: They were stricken by illness / war / drought. |
| swell | When used as an adjective, only "swollen" can be the correct form: her swollen arms |