Has Shrunk or Shrinked?

shrinked? Generally, shrank is the simple past tense form of "shrink" like in "I shrank the shirt in the wash." Shrunk is the past participle being paired with "have" as in "I have shrunk the jeans." There are rarer examples of shrinked and shrunken in literature but not enough to support those usages as standard.

Is has shrunk correct?

For the irregular verbs shrink and sink, the simple past tense is "He shrank the material and sank the boat." The past participle is the form of the verb used in the present perfect tense, which shows action completed at the time of speaking: "He has shrunk and has sunk." Thus, the natural progression is shrink-shrank- ...

How do you use shrunk in a sentence?

reduced in size by being drawn together.
  • The suit has shrunk out of shape.
  • The sweater had shrunk after repeated washing.
  • The number of students of this school has shrunk.
  • Television in a sense has shrunk the world.
  • All my jumpers have shrunk.
  • There was a movie called 'Honey I shrunk the kids!'
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