Forsake: forsake – forsook – forsaken
Irregular verb, level C2.
Base form (V1)forsake
Past simple (V2)forsook
Past participle (V3)forsaken
Meaning
To leave and not come back to help.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
He promised never to forsake his friends.
Past simple (V2)
She forsook the city for a quiet village.
Past participle (V3)
The village has been forsaken by everyone.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of forsake.
Verbs that change the same way
Past simple ends in -ook, past participle in -aken
takeshakemistakeundertakeovertake
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