Past tense of wake
irregular verb
The past tense of wake is woke or waked. The past participle is woken or waked.
Forms of wake
| Base form (V1) | wake /ˈweɪ̯k/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | woke /wəʊk/ waked /ˈweɪkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | woken /ˈwəʊ.kən/ waked /ˈweɪkt/ |
| Present participle | waking /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | wakes |
Woke and waked in a sentence
- I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
- The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.
- I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance.From the entry bright
- The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.From the entry conscious
- I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.From the entry sick
Meaning of wake
- verb (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- verb (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
- verb To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Verbs like wake
Questions about the past tense of wake
- What is the past tense of wake?
- The past tense of wake is woke or waked.
- What is the past participle of wake?
- The past participle of wake is woken or waked.
- Is wake a regular or irregular verb?
- Wake is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wake (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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