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GATE 2021 PI – Question 5

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which sentences are grammatically correct? (i) I woke up from sleep. (ii) I woked up from sleep. (iii) I was woken up from sleep. (iv) I was wokened up from sleep.

  1. (i) and (ii)
  2. (i) and (iii)
  3. (ii) and (iii)
  4. (i) and (iv)

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Correct answer: (B) (i) and (iii)

Explanation

Wake has irregular past tense woke and past participle woken. The active past in (i) and passive construction in (iii) are correct. Woked and wokened are not standard forms. **B**.

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