Mistake: mistake – mistook – mistaken
Irregular verb, level A2.
Base form (V1)mistake
Past simple (V2)mistook
Past participle (V3)mistaken
Meaning
To think that one person or thing is another.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
People often mistake him for his brother.
Past simple (V2)
I mistook her for my teacher.
Past participle (V3)
I have mistaken the salt for sugar again.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of mistake.
Verbs that change the same way
Past simple ends in -ook, past participle in -aken
takeshakeundertakeovertakeforsake
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