Past tense of walk
regular verb
The past tense of walk is walked. The past participle is also walked.
Forms of walk
| Base form (V1) | walk /wɔːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | walked /wɔːkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | walked /wɔːkt/ |
| Present participle | walking /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | walks /wɔːks/ |
Walked in a sentence
- I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
- I walked the streets aimlessly.
- After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.From the entry on
- I can’t believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!From the entry after
- He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place.From the entry trail
Meaning of walk
- verb To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
- verb To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
- verb Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
Questions about the past tense of walk
- What is the past tense of walk?
- The past tense of walk is walked.
- What is the past participle of walk?
- The past participle of walk is walked.
- Is walk a regular or irregular verb?
- Walk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: walk (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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