Everyone knows what
drink means. The confusion comes in when figuring out when to use
drank and when to use
drunk (as a verb, not the other meaning mostly everyone is familiar with). It's actually pretty simple.
Drank is the simple past of drink.
- Example: I drank two glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice this morning.
Drunk is also the past tense of drink but is
only used with the verb "have."
- Example: Instead of orange juice, I had drunk two glasses of wine and promptly felt the effects. I have drunk my way through this bottle of wine in record time.
Memorization tip: If you do not use the verb have you do not use
drunk.
