Past tense of knock
regular verb
The past tense of knock is knocked. The past participle is also knocked.
Forms of knock
| Base form (V1) | knock /nɒk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | knocked /nɒkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | knocked /nɒkt/ |
| Present participle | knocking /ˈnɑkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | knocks /nɑks/ |
Knocked in a sentence
- I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
- I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
- Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.From the entry but
- She was listening to the radio when he knocked on the door.From the entry radio
- The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.From the entry worst
Meaning of knock
- noun An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- noun A sharp impact.
- noun A criticism.
Questions about the past tense of knock
- What is the past tense of knock?
- The past tense of knock is knocked.
- What is the past participle of knock?
- The past participle of knock is knocked.
- Is knock a regular or irregular verb?
- Knock is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: knock (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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