Past tense of chalk
regular verb
The past tense of chalk is chalked. The past participle is also chalked.
Forms of chalk
| Base form (V1) | chalk /t͡ʃɔːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chalked |
| Past participle (V3) | chalked |
| Present participle | chalking |
| Third person singular | chalks |
Chalked in a sentence
- No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine.1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6
- The funds are going to be chalked off from the events fund.From the entry chalk off
- A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.From the entry chalk out
- We had chalked him off as an idiot!From the entry chalk off
- He seemed like an idiot, so I chalked him off.From the entry chalk off
Meaning of chalk
- noun A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
- noun A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
- noun Tailor's chalk.
Questions about the past tense of chalk
- What is the past tense of chalk?
- The past tense of chalk is chalked.
- What is the past participle of chalk?
- The past participle of chalk is chalked.
- Is chalk a regular or irregular verb?
- Chalk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chalk (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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