wake
Base form
wake
/weɪk/
Past simple
woke / waked
/wəʊk/ /weɪkt/
Past participle
woken / waked
/ˈwəʊkən/ /weɪkt/
MeaningA1
to stop sleeping
to wake up and smell the coffee
In use
- Negative · Form 1Please don’t wake me before nine on Saturday!
- Question · Form 1What time did you wake up this morning?
- Past simple · Form 2I woke up at five this morning because of the storm.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night the neighbours’ dog woke the whole street.
- Passive · Form 3We were woken by the fire alarm at three in the morning.
- Present perfect · Form 3The baby has just woken up from her nap.
Watch out
Woken keeps its -n, also with up: Have you woke up yet? → Have you woken up yet? Never woked or wokened.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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