Past Tense Of Sink, Past Participle Form of Sink, Sink Sank Sunk V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Sink
We use the word ‘sink’ 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 going down directly below the surface of something, especially a liquid substance, or staying underwater for a while. Another meaning is to descend from a higher place to a lower position.
Base Form Examples
- All the other stones sink down to the bottom.
V2 Past Simple
The V2 form of this word is completely changing. The V2 form of the word sink is known as ‘sank’.
Examples
- The island sank because of the increase in the sea levels
- The Titanic sank with more than 1,000 passengers and crew on board.
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V3 Past Participle
The V3 form of this verb is ‘sunk’. Sunk is used in the case of Past Perfect Tense or Present Perfect Tense. In the Present Perfect Tense, we use the word sink as ‘have + sunk’ or ‘has + sunk’. The subjects I, you, we and they are used with ‘have + sunk’. The topics he, she and it are used with ‘has + sunk’. For a Past Perfect Tense, we use ‘had + sunk’ and subjects are not significant.
Examples
- In the course of World War II, a huge ship has sunk by a malfunction.
- Our legs have sunk in the thick black mud.
| 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 |
