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Irregular verb

choose

/tʃuːz/

Base
choose
Past simple
chose
Past participle
chosen

Usage

chose reports a single decision; chosen needs have/has/had, as in have chosen.

Meaning

  • to decide which person or thing you want

Example

They have chosen a new team leader.

She chose the blue dress for the party.

We chose a quiet table near the window.

Teaching note

Choose, chose, and chosen differ in both spelling and sound: chose is a finished past choice, and chosen is the form used after have or be.

Common mistake

Writers often drop the final n in ‘We have chose a route’, incorrectly using the simple-past form.

Correction: Say ‘We chose a route yesterday’ but ‘We have chosen a quieter route’; have requires the participle chosen.