drunk

Everyday

1. Drunk is the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk». tree →
2. Drunk describes a person who has had too much alcohol and cannot think, speak or move properly. tree →

In the lessons

In grammar lessons pupils learn drink, drank, drunk: «yesterday I drank», «I have drunk». In health and safety lessons alcohol is not for children; drunk people may be unsteady and act strangely; never get into a car with a drunk driver and tell a trusted adult if you feel unsafe. Phrases: have drunk, get drunk, drunk driving.

Examples

• I have drunk all my juice. tree →
• Has the cat drunk its milk? tree →
• We had drunk the whole bottle of water by lunch. tree →
• The man was drunk and fell over. tree →
• Drunk driving is very dangerous and against the law. tree →
• Alcohol can make people drunk. tree →
• Sometimes even greater people than the peasants get drunk. tree →

Note

Grammar trap: drink – drank – drunk. Say «I drank it yesterday» (not «I drunk it») and «I have drunk it» (not «I have drank it»). Alcohol is harmful to children; it is illegal to sell it to them.

In Jewish tradition

In grammar lessons pupils learn drink, drank, drunk: «yesterday I drank», «I have drunk». In health and safety lessons alcohol is not for children; drunk people may be unsteady and act strangely; never get into a car with a drunk driver and tell a trusted adult if you feel unsafe. Phrases: have drunk, get drunk, drunk driving.

Examples

• Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. (Torah DEU.29.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink in every such vessel that may be drunk shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.11.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.' (Torah DEU.32.42, JPS 1917) tree →
• We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price. (Writings LAM.5.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt. (Prophets ISA.37.25, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Grammar trap: drink – drank – drunk. Say «I drank it yesterday» (not «I drunk it») and «I have drunk it» (not «I have drank it»). Alcohol is harmful to children; it is illegal to sell it to them.