Forsake: forsake – forsook – forsaken

Irregular verb, level C2.

C2 · Proficient
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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