What is the past tense of 'forgo'?

Question

As in: "The baseball player _________ an MRI on his hand by demonstrating that he could perform 5 fingertip pushups.

Answer 1

The past tense of "forgo" is indeed "forwent" (as many have pointed out).

BUT this word will not work in the example you provide.

"Forego" means "abstain from, relinquish, bypass the privilege of, do without". What your sentence requires is something along the lines of "avoided" (since you are speaking of something he does NOT want). A ballplayer would "forgo" a bonus, day off, salary arbitration, or some other right or privilege.

Answer 2

The Past Tense form of 'FORGO' is FORWENT' & the past participle, 'FORGONE' Similar to the word 'GO'.

Source: Advanced Learner's OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Answer 3

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What is the past tense of 'forgo'?
As in: "The baseball player _________ an MRI on his hand by demonstrating that he could perform 5 fingertip pushups.

Answer 4

The past tense of "forgo" would be "forgone", but that's not the word you want in the blank. The word should be "underwent".

Answer 5

Forwent of course. Because the main verb is "to go". Forgone is the past participle form of forgo.

Answer 6

The syntax of the whole sentence needs to be changed to avoid sounding awkward. The baseball player, having foregone the MRI on his hand, demonstrated that he could do five fingertip push ups.

Answer 7

It's 'escaped'. " The baseball player escaped an MRI on his hand by demonstrating that he could perform 5 fingertip pushups." And please, don't use this site to find an answer to a high school question again, okay?

Answer 8

Forewent.Definitely!

Answer 9

forwent. It follows the same pattern as to go.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
for·went (-wnt) KEY , for·gone (-gôn, -gn) KEY , for·go·ing , for·goes

Answer 10

how about: 'underwent'
much better.