Past simple and past participle
sink
Sink is an irregular verb: its past simple is sank and its past participle is sunk.
- Base form
- sink
- Past simple
- sank
- Past participle
- sunk
- Definition
- Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.
- Example
- “He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves.”
- CEFR level
- B1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.