Past tense of task
regular verb
The past tense of task is tasked. The past participle is also tasked.
Forms of task
| Base form (V1) | task /tɑːsk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tasked /tæskt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tasked /tæskt/ |
| Present participle | tasking |
| Third person singular | tasks /tɑːsks/ |
Tasked in a sentence
- On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
- By 1966 the building was considered so unsafe that the Royal Engineers were tasked with demolishing it.2021 May 19, “Network News: HS2 unearths 900 years of history in Buckinghamshire”, in RAIL, number 931, page 23
- Anyone who's been tasked with bringing up a board knows how trying it is.From the entry bring up
- A team of surveyors was tasked with remonumenting the state's public lands.From the entry remonument
- "I have the dubious honor of being in charge of fundraising for roof repair on the town youth gymnasium." Meaning, it's an honor to be tasked yet something unwanted.From the entry dubious honor
Meaning of task
- noun A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- noun A state of diligence in work on a task.
- noun Any piece of work done.
Questions about the past tense of task
- What is the past tense of task?
- The past tense of task is tasked.
- What is the past participle of task?
- The past participle of task is tasked.
- Is task a regular or irregular verb?
- Task is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: task (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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