FAQs about verbs

Is chosed a word?

No, “chosed” is not a word in standard English. Choose, meaning “pick between options,” is an irregular verb. It doesn’t follow the regular pattern of adding “-ed” to form the past tenses.

The simple past tense form is chose (e.g., “Lily chose to have a gap year before going to university”), and the past participle is chosen (e.g., “We are glad you have chosen to fly with us today”).

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Is choosed a word?

No, “choosed” is not a word in standard English. Choose, meaning “pick from a selection,” is an irregular verb and doesn’t form the past tense by adding “-ed.”

The simple past tense form of choose is chose.

• We all looked at the options and choosed our favorite ice cream.
• We all looked at the options and chose our favorite ice cream.

The past participle of choose is chosen. It is used for the perfect tenses and passive voice.

• Sally and Mel were excited that they had both been choosed for the team.
• Sally and Mel were excited that they had both been chosen for the team.

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What is the past participle of meet?

The past participle of the verb meet is met. Meet is an irregular verb that means “come together with someone” (e.g., “Let’s meet at the statue at 10”) or “achieve” (e.g., “Sylvie likes to meet her targets every month”).

The past participle is used to form the perfect tenses (e.g., “The friends had met at the café before heading to the beach together”) and the passive voice (e.g., “No resistance to the new laws was met by the authorities”).

Met is also the simple past tense form of meet and is used to describe events that have happened in the past (e.g., “The whole family met to discuss their holiday plans for next year”).

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Is meeted a word?

“Meeted” is not a word. The simple past tense form of “meet” is met (e.g., “when we met, it was like no time had passed”). Met is also the past participle (e.g., “We had met no traffic and just made it on time”).

There is a less common word “mete” that is pronounced the same and means “distribute.” This verb has the simple past tense and past participle “meted.”

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Is it drew or drawed?

The simple past tense form of the verb draw is drew, not “drawed.” The past participle is drawn. This is because it is an irregular verb and doesn’t follow the normal pattern of regular verbs.

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Is dranked a word?

No, dranked is not a word. The simple past tense form of drink is drank, but it doesn’t add “-ed” at the end. The past participle of the verb is drunk.

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Is it drinked or drank?

The simple past tense of drink is drank. “Drinked” is not a word in standard English.

Drink is an irregular verb, so it doesn’t follow the rule of adding “-ed” to the infinitive to make the simple past tense or past participle. The past participle of drink is drunk.

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Is drinked a word?

No, drinked isn’t a word. The simple past tense form of the verb drink is drank. The past participle of drink is drunk. It is used for the perfect tenses and passive voice.

• Both Joey and his dad drinked all night.
• Both Joey and his dad drank all night.

• The guests had drinked all the free wine.
• The guests had drunk all the free wine.

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Is thought a verb?

Thought is the past tense (e.g., “Lenka thought it was easy”) and past participle (e.g., “Garth simply hadn’t thought of that”) of the verb think. It is also an abstract noun. So, when we think, we can be said to “have thoughts.”

Think is an irregular verb, so it doesn’t add “-ed” to form the past tense.

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Is thunk a word?

Thunk is not really a word, but you will find it used for comic effect (e.g., “Who’da thunk it?”). The past tense and past participle of think is thought.

Think is an irregular verb and doesn’t add “-ed” to form the past tense (e.g., “There’s no way he thought that was OK!”) or past participle (e.g., “Hamish had thought carefully about the decision”).

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