Past tense of undertake
The past simple of undertake is undertook and the past participle is undertaken: undertake – undertook – undertaken.
- Base form V1
- undertake
- Past simple V2
- undertook
- Past participle V3
- undertaken
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Meaning of undertake
To begin and accept responsibility for a task, particularly a difficult or time-consuming one
- ExampleThe agency will undertake a full safety review.
Undertake, undertook, undertaken in sentences
- Past simpleShe undertook the work without pay.
- Past participleA full review has been undertaken.
Common mistakes
undertakedundertook. Undertake is irregular, so it does not take -ed.A full review has been undertook.A full review has been undertaken. After be in the passive, use the past participle, undertaken.
Similar verbs
Undertake is built on take and changes the same way.
All three forms different, like undertake: be, do, go, know, see, take, give, write.
Common questions
What is the past tense of undertake?
Undertook. For example: She undertook the work without pay.
What is the past participle of undertake?
Undertaken. It follows be in the passive, as in A full review has been undertaken.
Is undertake a regular verb?
No. Undertake is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
