Sink Verb Forms: Past Tense and Past Participle (V1 V2 V3)

Meaning: become full of water and sink down into the sea or a lake ;

Sink Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Infinitive/Base Form (V1) Sink
Past Tense (V2) Sank
Past Participle Form (V3) Sunk
Present Participle/Gerund (V4) Sinking
3rd Person Singular (V5) Sinks

Sink Past Tense:

Past Tense of Sink is Sank.

Example: Sarah sank the ship.

Sink Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Sink is Sunk.

Example: Sarah has sank the ship.

Sink Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Sink is Sinking.

Example: Sarah is sinking the ship.

Sink 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Sink is Sinks.

Example: Sarah sinks the ship.

sink past tense

Sink Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I sink the ship.
  • We/You/They sink the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam sinks the ship.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am sinking the ship.
  • We/You/They are sinking the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam is sinking the ship.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have sunk the ship.
  • We/You/They have sunk the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam has sunk the ship.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been sinking the ship.
  • We/You/They have been sinking the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been sinking the ship.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I sank the ship.
  • We/You/They sank the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam sank the ship.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was sinking the ship.
  • We/You/They were sinking the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam was sinking the ship.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been sinking the ship.
  • We/You/They had been sinking the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been sinking the ship.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had sunk the ship.
  • We/You/They had sunk the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam had sunk the ship.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will/shall sink the ship.
  • We/You/They will/shall sink the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam will sink the ship.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be sinking the ship.
  • We/You/They will be sinking the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be sinking the ship.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have sunk the ship.
  • We/You/They will have sunk the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have sunk the ship.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been sinking the ship.
  • We/You/They will have been sinking the ship.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been sinking the ship.

Past Tense of Sink Phrasal Verbs

Sink Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Sink in Sank in
Sink up Sank up
Sink down Sank down
Sink away Sank away
Sink back Sank back
Sink off Sank off
Sink through Sank through
Sink under Sank under
Sink towards Sank towards
Sink out Sank out

FAQS

What is the Future Tense of Sink?

Future Tense of sink is “will sink”.

What is the Present Tense of Sink?

Present Tense of sink is “sink + s/es or ing”.

I/we/you/they sink
He/she/it/singular name sinks
Present participle sinking

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Sink?

Past perfect tense of take is “had sunk”.

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