Irregular VerbsPast tense of “speak”: spoke, spoken
The verb “speak” is irregular: its past simple is “spoke” and its past participle is “spoken”.
Base form (V1)
speak
/spiːk/
Past simple (V2)
spoke
/spəʊk/
Past participle (V3)
spoken
/ˈspəʊkən/
Meaning
to say words out loud
Example
She spoke softly to the child.
Pattern
ABC — all three forms are different
Learn all 200 irregular verbs in Verblex
Short lessons, spaced repetition and audio for every form. Free to download, works offline.
Get it on Google Play