speak
Base form
speak
/spiːk/
Past simple
spoke
/spəʊk/
Past participle
spoken
/ˈspəʊkən/
MeaningA1
to say words; to use a language
to speak three languages
In use
- Question · Form 1Do you speak any other languages apart from English?
- After a modal verb · Form 1Could I speak to the manager, please?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday I spoke to my landlord about the leaking tap.
- Past simple · Form 2At the wedding last month, Leo spoke for twenty minutes without any notes.
- Passive · Form 3Over twenty languages are spoken at our local primary school.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you spoken to Maria since the party?
Watch out
Languages are spoken: English is spoke here → English is spoken here. On its own, spoke is the past: She spoke to me.
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