Irregular verb
drink
/drɪŋk/
- Base
- drink
- Past simple
- drank
- Past participle
- drunk
Usage
drank is the simple past; drunk only follows have/has/had — used alone, drunk reads as the adjective for intoxicated.
Meaning
- to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it
Example
She drank a glass of water after the run.
We drank tea while we waited.
He has drunk three cups of coffee already today.
Teaching note
Drink belongs to the vowel-changing drink–drank–drunk group: drank marks simple past and drunk is the participle after have, has, or had.
Common mistake
Avoid ‘She has drank the water’; the presence of has calls for the participle rather than the past form.
Correction: Use ‘She drank the water at lunch’ or ‘She has drunk the water’, depending on whether the time or result is central.