Hi! Can you assist me with this question: What is the past tense of know?
2023-04-17
This is what goPenpal answered
Absolutely! The past tense of "know" is "knew." This is a bit of an irregular verb, so it doesn't just add "-ed" like other regular verbs would.
Think of it this way - verbs are like actors on a stage, and different tenses are like different scenes they're playing. When we change tenses, we're changing the time in which the action is happening. For "know," we change the tense by changing the form of the verb.
So in the present tense, the verb is "know." For example, "I know the answer to the question." But if we want to talk about a past event, we have to use the past tense. In this case, we would say, "I knew the answer to the question."
Another example is the irregular verb "drink." In the present tense, we say "I drink coffee every morning." But in the past tense, we say "Yesterday, I drank two cups of coffee."
I hope that answers your question! Let me know if you have any other language-related questions.
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