draw
Base form
draw
/drɔː/
Past simple
drew
/druː/
Past participle
drawn
/drɔːn/
MeaningA1
to make a picture with a pencil or pen
to draw a line under the past
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Draw a circle round the correct answer.
- After a modal verb · Form 1Can you draw me a map of how to get there?
- Past simple · Form 2My little brother drew a dragon on the kitchen wall yesterday.
- Past simple · Form 2Last term Aisha drew all the pictures for the school magazine.
- Passive · Form 3The plans for the new library were drawn by a local architect.
- Present perfect · Form 3Ben has drawn a cartoon of everyone in the office.
Watch out
Drawn (from draw) is not drowned (from drown): a picture was drawn, a sailor was drowned. Never drawed.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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