Past tense of sketch
regular verb
The past tense of sketch is sketched. The past participle is also sketched.
Forms of sketch
| Base form (V1) | sketch /ˈskɛt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sketched /skɛt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sketched /skɛt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | sketching /ˈskɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | sketches /ˈskɛt͡ʃɪz/ |
Sketched in a sentence
- He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.
- I sketched out the trees and the lake before adding texture and colour to the scene.From the entry sketch out
- At night, as creative author, the cognoscente sketched out the first draft of his expanded autobiography.1998, Marc J. Seifer, chapter 42, in Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius, →ISBN, page 397. From the entry cognoscente
- The acting is purposefully playful and bad, the sets are pseudo-gothic designs sketched on white walls sheets.1990 August 11, M. B., “Peccatum Mutum (The Silent Sin) [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 5, page 16. From the entry clearheaded
- Out of the corner of his eye, he saw blatant relief sketched on her face as the jacket caped her body.2014, Kate Meader, Hot and Bothered, Forever, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry cape
Meaning of sketch
- verb To make a brief, basic drawing.
- verb To describe briefly and with very few details.
- noun A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
Questions about the past tense of sketch
- What is the past tense of sketch?
- The past tense of sketch is sketched.
- What is the past participle of sketch?
- The past participle of sketch is sketched.
- Is sketch a regular or irregular verb?
- Sketch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sketch (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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