What is the past tense of “sink”? Not the past participle, just the plain ole past tense.
I say “sank.”
(poll to come)
What is the past tense of “sink”? Not the past participle, just the plain ole past tense.
I say “sank.”
(poll to come)
I fired a torpedo and the ship sank.
I fired a torpedo and the ship was sunk.
You sunk my battleship!
Skunk.
Sank is past tense. Sunk is the past participle (i.e. you can use it as an adjective)
Sinked
I sink
I sank
I had sunk
Submerged.
Basin.
Stainless steel sinks
Stainless steel sank yesterday
Stainless steel has always sunk
Look! Sunken stainless steel!
[Boris Karloff]
The three conjugations of the word are, and I quote: sink, sank, suuuunk!
[/Boris Karloff]
His boat sunk yesterday.
Active or passive voice? Sank and sunk, respectively.
[Thurl Ravenscroft]
The three conjugations are as follows, and I quote: sink, sank, suuunk!
[/Thurl Ravenscroft]
Karloff did the narration, Ravenscroft the song.
Passive voice uses the past participle, doesn’t it? So for the past tense it’s always “sank” for you, I guess.
The Titanic sinks/is sinking.
The Titanic sank.
The Titanic has/had sunk.
Swam vs. swum is the one that always gets me. He swam to shore? He had swum there yesterday? Is that right?