choose
verb, present
to pick
“You can choose any seat.”
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choose vs chose
Choose is the present tense (rhymes with "news"); chose is the past tense (rhymes with "nose").
chose
verb, past
picked
“Yesterday I chose the window seat.”
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What is the difference between choose and chose?
Choose is the present tense (rhymes with "news"); chose is the past tense (rhymes with "nose").
How do I remember choose vs chose?
Choose has two o's for now and later; chose lost one because it is already over.
Are there exceptions?
The past participle is "chosen": "I have chosen", never "I have chose".
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