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.