#1 (permalink) Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:33 am Several words which confuse me (wake; awake) |
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I need to admit i have looked the following words up in the dictionary many times but still some sentences pop up and make me feel confused.
1. Wake (woke, waken) v Quick, quick, time to wake up I woke up .I was woken up. Please wake me/wake me up at 6 o'clock. I woke the baby up.=The baby was woken up. A waking baby =The baby is awake now.
2. Waken (wakened, wakened)vt or vi but mostly used as vt[b]?[/b] I wakened the baby. Or I wakened the baby up/ I wakened up the baby.? I was wakened by the alarm clock.
3. Awake v. (awoke or awaked, awoken) v I awoke the baby (up?). I was awoken (up?) Adj. I am awake now. opposite meaning is I am sleepy/asleep.?
4. Awaken (awakened, awakened) vi I awakened/awoke/waken at six. I woke up at six.
Besides In figurative senses awake/wake and awaken They woke/awoke to the bad news. They awakened to the bad news. The bad news awakened my memory. Waken can't be used? _________________ Try to change youself before you try to change others. |
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Aleaf I'm here quite often ;-)

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