Consider the following sentences: (i) I woke up from sleep (ii) I woked up from sleep (iii) I was woken up from sleep (iv) I was wakened up from sleep Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT?
Consider the following sentences: (i) I woke up from sleep (ii) I woked up from sleep (iii) I was woken up from sleep (iv) I was wakened up from sleep Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT? Correct Answer (i) and (iii)
The correct answer is (i) and (iii).
Key Points
Wake means to stop sleeping; to make somebody stop sleeping.
The three forms of the verb wake:
- Present - Wake.
- Past - Woke.
- Past participle - Woken/ waked.
Thus, sentence (i) I woke up from sleep and sentence (iii) I was woken up from sleep is correct.
Hence, option (i) and (iii) follows.
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