Verb - to drink

Vocabulary




Present form - drink
Let's break it down.
Subject + verb + noun / noun phrase
Jamie drinks a cup of coffee.
I drink tea.
She drinks red wine.
He drinks a glass of white wine.
You drink Coca-Cola.
It drinks milk.
Note that the subjects [Proper Noun], he, she and it change the verb so there is an 's' at the end.
Conversation:
A: What do you drink in the morning?
B: I drink a cup of coffee.
B: I have a cup of coffee.
A: What should I drink before bed?
B: I always drink milk.
B: I always have milk.
A: What does your Dad drink?
B: He drinks red wine.
B: He has red wine.
NATURAL ENGLISH
Past form - drank
Let's break it down.
Subject + verb + noun / noun phrase
Jamie drank a cup of coffee.
I drank a pint of beer.
She drank a cup of tea.
He drank lemonade.
You drank two glasses of red wine.
It drank some milk.
Note that the verb does not change depending on the subject.
Conversation:
A: What did you drink yesterday evening?
B: I drank a beer.
B: I had a beer.
A: What did you drink with dinner?
B: I drank some red wine.
B: I had some red wine.
A: What type of tea did your mum drink at the cafe?
B: She drank a cup of tea.
B: She had a cup of tea.
NATURAL ENGLISH
We often use 'had' instead of 'drank', especially when it obvious that the object was drank.
She had a glass of wine.
It is obvious that wine is drank and so 'had' is used.
They had a lot of beer.
This means that they drank a lot of beer, but 'had' is used because it is obvious.