Question

Is the past tense for sink, sank or sunk?

Answer 1

Hint: Tense is a linguistic term that denotes the passage of time. Tenses are typically represented by the use of certain forms of verbs, notably in their conjugation patterns. In many languages, the past, present, and future are the three main tenses.

Complete answer:
Something that happened in the past is referred to in the past tense. There is a beginning and an end to these occurrences. Consider an incident that occurred in the past and attempt to describe it. In the verb form, you'll use the past tense.
The past tense indicates what has already occurred.

Root, third-person singular, present participle, past, and past participle are the five forms that any verb can take.
The verb's root form is the term's base form. Because roots haven't been conjugated, they don't have any prefixes or suffixes. The verb's root form is the same as the infinitive form, but without the word "to." Consider the following examples:
to see – see
to be – be

The verb form that varies from the others is the third person singular conjugation (he/she/it/one). This verb form ends in s (or occasionally es) for ordinary verbs. Consider the following examples: He notices

By adding -ing to the base word, the present participle verb form is formed. It's employed in the progressive verb tenses of the past, present, and future. Look at the following examples:
We’re coming to the party tonight.

The root word + ed is the past and past participle verb form for normal verbs. Only the past tenses are used with it. Consider the following examples:
We shopped for hours on Saturday afternoon.

Example:

Root	Simple Past	Past Participle
Sing	Sang	Sung
See	Saw	Seen

The past tense of the verb sink is sank.
Example: Last week, the ship sank.
The past participle of the word sink is sunk.
Example: The submarine has previously sunk.
An assisting verb "has" or "been" is usually required for the past participle.

Thus, the past tense of the verb sink is “sank”.

Note: In English, the majority of verbs are regular. Regular verbs create the -ing form by adding -ing to the base form, and the past simple and -ed forms by adding -ed to the base form.
If the base form already ends in -e (e.g. move, face, like), the past form and the -ed form are created by adding -d. In the -ing form, the last -e is omitted.