What is the past tense of drink?

In modern usage guides, drank is the past tense of drink, as in "I drank a lot last night," and drunk is the past participle (following "have"), as in "Yes, I have drunk wine before." Throughout history, however, these words have been confused and used in their opposite contexts, perhaps because of the association ...

What are the tenses for drink?

Drink is the present tense, drank is the simple past, and drunk is the past participle.

What is past perfect tense of drink?

Drank is the simple past tense: "I drank the wine yesterday." Drunk is the past participle, used in the perfect and pluperfect tenses of the verb. "I had drunk the wine before you arrived." Helpful(3)

Had drank or had drunk?

The past participle of drink is either drank or drunk, though the latter is used twice as often as the former. A past participle is the adjective or adverb form of a verb. In this case, drunk is used exclusively with the verb have. Some will say that drank is not the past participle.

Had drunk or had drunken?

The past participle is "drunk". "Drunken" is an adjective, its use as the past participle is obsolete. I have drunk the water, while my drunken father has drunk another beer.

English past tense of Drink and Eat - drank and ate

Is it I haven't drank or drunk?

There's a good reason why; the past participle is transitioning from drunk to drank. Presently, the technically correct form is drunk.

Is Dranken a word?

The modern ear may even prefer 'dranken', as it matches the paradigm for 'eaten' or 'written' for example. Ironically, 'dranken', though not proper English of any kind, sounds like the Old English Past Participle word form, 'druncan'.

Is it drunk drank or Dranken?

Correct Usage of 'Drank' and 'Drunk'

Modern handbooks only recognize drunk as the past participle, so you will want to use the past drank and the past participle drunk in writing. Use of drunk as the past tense is essentially dialectal and outside of dialect is considered incorrect.

What word is drank?

past tense and past participle of drink.

Has drunk in a sentence?

A sentence starting 'he has drunk...' needs something to finish it off. E.g he has drunk a bottle of wine or he has drunk three pints or he had drunk too much.

Are you drunk means?

being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcohol; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk. overcome or dominated by a strong feeling or emotion: drunk with power; drunk with joy.

What is the past tense of swim?

Swim is an irregular verb; swam is the past tense of swim, while swum is the past participle.

What is future tense of drink?

Future Simple - "He doesn't drink alcohol, so he will probably drink Coca Cola." Future Perfect Simple - "By the time we get to the party they will have drunk all the beer." Future Perfect Continuous - "Usually alcoholics will have been drinking heavily for at least five years before they seek help."

Is there a word drinker?

drinker noun [C] (ALCOHOL)

someone who drinks alcohol: He's a heavy/light drinker (= drinks/does not drink a lot of alcohol).

Is it drunker or more drunk?

According to Wiktionary, the comparative form of drunk is 'drunker', and the superlative form being 'drunkest'. If the adjective were to have three syllables or more, then you would then use 'more', and 'most'. So to answer your question, I would say, "I am now drunker, than before."

Is drung a word?

It was a “narrow lane or passage between houses, fenced gardens, etc.” It derived from the Old English “thrang,” which referred to a throng or a crowd. Variations of the term included drang and drong. So I guess that would make a drung the tickle of roads.

What is the verb of drank?

verb. \ ˈdriŋk \ drank\ ˈdraŋk \; drunk\ ˈdrəŋk \ or drank; drinking.

What is opposite of drink?

Opposite of to drink or consume a liquid. sip. nibble. abstain.

How do you say drink?

What is the synonym of drink?

What is a word for food and drink?

"Victuals" is the correct word for food and drink; or you can use the old English form of the word "vittles". Drink or beverages alone are sometimes referred to as "libations".