Past tense of stalk
regular verb
The past tense of stalk is stalked. The past participle is also stalked.
Forms of stalk
| Base form (V1) | stalk /stɔːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stalked |
| Past participle (V3) | stalked |
| Present participle | stalking /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | stalks |
Stalked in a sentence
- villages stalked by the threat of famine
- The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.From the entry disdain
- Overhearing the insult, he stalked woundedly out of the room.From the entry woundedly
- The Emperor also gave the family three fraises, or stalked strawberries, for their coat of arms.2015, Howard Belton, A History of the World in Five Menus. From the entry fraise
- The private eye stalked the surgeon for several months but always seemed to be one step behind.1993, Flemming, Laraine E, chapter 8, in Reading for Results, page 390. From the entry eye-stalk
Meaning of stalk
- noun The stem or main axis of a plant.
- noun The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
- noun Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
Questions about the past tense of stalk
- What is the past tense of stalk?
- The past tense of stalk is stalked.
- What is the past participle of stalk?
- The past participle of stalk is stalked.
- Is stalk a regular or irregular verb?
- Stalk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stalk (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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