irregular verb · medium · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | sink |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | sank |
| V3 (Past participle) | sunk |
| V-ing (Present participle) | sinking |
| -s form (he / she / it) | sinks |
| हिंदी अर्थ | डूबना |
“The boat sank near the shore.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shoot | shot | shot | गोली मारना | irregular |
| shout | shouted | shouted | चिल्लाना | regular |
| shut | shut | shut | बंद करना | irregular |
| sigh | sighed | sighed | आह भरना | regular |
| sign | signed | signed | हस्ताक्षर करना | regular |
| sing | sang | sung | गाना | irregular |
| sip | sipped | sipped | घूँट लेना | regular |
| sit | sat | sat | बैठना | irregular |
| skate | skated | skated | स्केटिंग करना | regular |
| skip | skipped | skipped | छोड़ देना, कूदना | regular |
| slap | slapped | slapped | थप्पड़ मारना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is sink, V2 (past simple) is sank, and V3 (past participle) is sunk. The -ing form is sinking and the he / she / it form is sinks.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is sank, not sinked — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it medium.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Sank at six. V3 is never used on its own: it follows has / have / had in the perfect tenses, and am / is / are / was / were in the passive voice.
It means डूबना.
Yes — it is flagged IELTS-relevant on the portal, which means it shows up often in reading and writing tasks. Knowing all five forms matters because IELTS uses the perfect tense and the passive voice heavily.
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