/ɑːsk/
Translation
To say a question, or to tell someone you want something.
Word origin
From Old English ascian, meaning to call for an answer or to seek something.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- ascian
Grammar
Examples
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"Ask" means to say a question to you.
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"Asks" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Asked" is the past form of "ask".
Used in
Stories
(22)The First Day
2 min read · Core 1000
The New House
2 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Day
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read · Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read · Core 1000
The New Neighbour
3 min read · Core 1000
The Phone Call
3 min read · Core 1000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read · Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
The Passenger
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(27)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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