Past tense of awake
irregular verb
The past tense of awake is awoke. The past participle is awoken.
Forms of awake
| Base form (V1) | awake /əˈweɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | awoke /əˈwəʊk/ |
| Past participle (V3) | awoken /əˈwəʊkn̩/ |
| Present participle | awaking |
| Third person singular | awakes |
Awoke and awoken in a sentence
- this morning, I awoke to the sound of my neighbor's barking dog.
- He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.From the entry wont
- The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.From the entry inclination
- The locktenders awoke to a bargeful of timber lodged against their headgate.From the entry bargeful
- I suddenly awoke to the possibilities of the new invention.From the entry awaken
Meaning of awake
- adjective Not asleep; conscious.
- adjective Alert, aware.
- verb To become conscious after having slept.
Verbs like awake
Questions about the past tense of awake
- What is the past tense of awake?
- The past tense of awake is awoke.
- What is the past participle of awake?
- The past participle of awake is awoken.
- Is awake a regular or irregular verb?
- Awake is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: awake (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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