Past Tense Of Shrink, Past Participle Form of Shrink, Shrink Shrank Shrunk V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Shrink
We use the word ‘shrink’ very often in our daily life. In this post, we will examine the details of this widely used expression. If you are ready, let’s start!
Meaning
It means that the amount or size of anything is small. The word also means running back in a moment of fear, anxiety, or excitement.
Base Form Examples
- The profits of the company will shrink if we do not take any precautions. This is extremely bad for us!
V2 Past Simple
Now, it is time to see the past form of the verb shrink. The V2 version of this verb is ‘shrank.’
Examples
- The arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest extent.
- We shrank the size of the store.
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V3 Past Participle
The V3 version of this verb is ‘shrunk’. Shrunk is used in the case of past perfect tense or present perfect tense. In the present perfect tense, we use the word shrink as ‘have + shrunk’ or ‘has + shrunk’. The subjects I, you, we and they are used with ‘have + shrunk’. The issues he, she and it are used with ‘has + shrunk’. For a past perfect tense, we use ‘had + shrunk’ and subjects are not significant.
Examples
- The population of the world has shrunk due to the wars which occurred in history.
- Since the 1960s, the members of the middle class have shrunk.
| V1 Base Form | V2 Simple Past | V3 Past Participle |
| be | was, were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| dig | dug | dug |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drive | drove | driven |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |
