VERBONKSPlay freeSpeak past tense and past participlespeak · spoke · spoken
The past participle (the 3rd form) of speak is spoken and the past simple is spoke. The three forms are speak, spoke, spoken. Not "speaked"! speak is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Speak in a sentence
The dog spoke to me in a dream.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I speak · she speaks |
| Present continuous | I am speaking · they are speaking |
| Past simple | I spoke · she spoke · they spoke |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't speak · she didn't speak |
| Past simple, question | Did you speak? · Did she speak? |
| Present perfect | I have spoken · she has spoken |
| Past perfect | I had spoken |
| Future | I will speak |
Common mistakes with speak
✗ I speaked✓ I spoke✗ I didn't spoke✓ I didn't speak✗ Did you spoke?✓ Did you speak?✗ I have spoke✓ I have spoken
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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speak significa hablar. Pasado: spoke. Participio: spoken.
💔 speak runs with The Broken Gang
o · o + en
Every member of the Broken Gang was caught with an o in their pocket: broke, spoke, woke, stole, froze, chose, forgot, wore. In the participle they keep the o and add -en: broken, spoken, stolen, frozen, chosen, forgotten. wear is the quiet one. It only adds an -n: worn.
🔎 How to spot one: The past has an o. The participle is the past + -en (or -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 |
|---|---|---|
| break | broke | broken |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| wake | woke | woken |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| wear | wore | worn |
Questions about speak
What is the past tense of speak?
The past simple of "speak" is "spoke". Example: The dog spoke to me in a dream.
What is the past participle of speak?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "speak" is "spoken", as in "I have spoken".
What are the 3 forms of speak?
V1 speak, V2 spoke, V3 spoken.
Is speak a regular or an irregular verb?
"speak" is an irregular verb: the past is not "speaked" but "spoke".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de speak?
"speak" significa "hablar". Pasado: spoke. Participio: spoken.