Review the item:
Maria __________ from the cold glass of soda, trying to extinguish the anger
that, lava-like, threatened to explode at her husband Darren, who had spent
the day watching college football instead of mowing the lawn.
The blank requires the past tense of drink, an irregular verb. Drank is the simple past form.
| Verb | Simple Present |
Simple Past |
Past Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| drink | drink(s) | drank | drunk |
Drunk, the form you chose, is a past participle; you must use an auxiliary verb with it. Before you continue, review the rules for irregular verbs.