Past tense of work
regular verb
The past tense of work is worked. The past participle is also worked.
Forms of work
| Base form (V1) | work /wɜː(ɹ)k/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | worked /wɜːkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | worked /wɜːkt/ |
| Present participle | working /ˈwɜːkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | works /wɜːks/ |
Worked in a sentence
- Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, volume 189, number 2, London: Guardian News &...
- He worked the levers.
- We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.From the entry Monday
- She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!From the entry some
- My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.From the entry mill
Meaning of work
- noun Labour, occupation, job.
- noun The place where one is employed.
- noun One's employer.
Questions about the past tense of work
- What is the past tense of work?
- The past tense of work is worked.
- What is the past participle of work?
- The past participle of work is worked.
- Is work a regular or irregular verb?
- Work is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: work (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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