VERBONKSPlay freeDraw past tense and past participledraw · drew · drawn
The past participle (the 3rd form) of draw is drawn and the past simple is drew. The three forms are draw, drew, drawn. Not "drawed"! draw is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Draw in a sentence
She drew a dog with sunglasses.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I draw · she draws |
| Present continuous | I am drawing · they are drawing |
| Past simple | I drew · she drew · they drew |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't draw · she didn't draw |
| Past simple, question | Did you draw? · Did she draw? |
| Present perfect | I have drawn · she has drawn |
| Past perfect | I had drawn |
| Future | I will draw |
Common mistakes with draw
✗ I drawed✓ I drew✗ I didn't drew✓ I didn't draw✗ Did you drew?✓ Did you draw?✗ I have drew✓ I have drawn
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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draw significa dibujar. Pasado: drew. Participio: drawn.
🌬️ draw runs with The Blown Away Gang
ow → ew → own
Something blew through this neighbourhood, and every witness tells the same story. In the past the suspects whistled "ew": blew, knew, grew, threw, flew, drew. In the participle they left an -n behind: blown, known, grown, thrown, flown, drawn. show is the double agent: showed in the past, shown in the participle.
🔎 How to spot one: The past ends in -ew. The participle ends in -n.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| blow | blew | blown |
| know | knew | known |
| grow | grew | grown |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| fly | flew | flown |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| show | showed | shown / showed |
Questions about draw
What is the past tense of draw?
The past simple of "draw" is "drew". Example: She drew a dog with sunglasses.
What is the past participle of draw?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "draw" is "drawn", as in "I have drawn".
What are the 3 forms of draw?
V1 draw, V2 drew, V3 drawn.
Is draw a regular or an irregular verb?
"draw" is an irregular verb: the past is not "drawed" but "drew".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de draw?
"draw" significa "dibujar". Pasado: drew. Participio: drawn.