Do I write I was awoken from my sleep or I was woken from my sleep? Which is correct?

Question

I am trying to write a letter to management where I reside and after having no sleep, this sentence looks odd to me both ways.

Answer 1

I believe the word you are looking for is awakened. As in... I was awakened from a dead sleep.

Answer 2

I was awoken from my sleep or I was woken from my sleep.

Both are correct.

Answer 3

I have often wondered about the same thing but the literature gives conflicting advice on this issue depending on the source. Because of this, I think you are grammatically safe with either. However, I would advise using the one that most easily rolls off the tongue; in other words, the one that sounds best to you. For me, it would be woken. For Tolkien, probably awoken. You decide.

Answer 4

Both verbs have approximately the same meaning — to rise or rouse from sleep — and can have both transitive (I woke up the dog.) and intransitive (I am waking up.) meanings. "Awaken" is a bit more formal (some would say stuffy). "To wake" is nearly always a phrasal verb, accompanied by "up," except in the sense of keeping watch near a corpse before burial.
The passive forms of these verbs are the same as the passive forms of to speak. We would say "Angry words have been spoken," and we would say "The children have been woken/awoken/woken up by the thunder."

Answer 5

Both are grammatically accepted.
You'd better read and study the following Usage Note:

Usage Note: The pairs wake, waken and awake, awaken have formed a bewildering array since the Middle English period. All four words have similar meanings, though there are some differences in use. Only wake is used in the sense "to be awake," as in expressions like waking (not wakening) and sleeping, every waking hour. Wake is also more common than waken when used together with up, and awake and awaken never occur in this context: She woke up (rarely wakened up; never awakened up or awoke up). Some writers have suggested that waken should be used only transitively (as in The alarm wakened him) and awaken only intransitively (as in He awakened at dawn), but there is ample literary precedent for usages such as He wakened early and They did not awaken her. In figurative senses awake and awaken are more prevalent: With the governor's defeat the party awoke to the strength of the opposition to its position on abortion. The scent of the gardenias awakened my memory of his unexpected appearance that afternoon years ago.

Answer 6

I would use 'awakened', but you could also say 'woken up'.

'Awoken" is technically a word, but it is awkward.

She was waked, she awoke, she has awoken.

I woke up, I was woken up.

He awakens, he awakened, he has awakened.

Answer 7

Go to bed when you are supposed to (toss and turn at night because you can't sleep). Then get up when you are supposed to (very tired). Eventually, you will get back on the right schedule. Biological clocks can also be affected by light. The sun is supposed to wake us at sunrise. Turn on bright lights about that time. At night, make sure that your room is dark. Get on a regular diet. Don't eat harsh foods, such as spicy pepperoni, sausage, hot peppers. Don't eat foods that could upset your stomach at night (such as chocolate or mint), or heavy foods (such as meat). Make sure that you eat enough at dinner so that you won't be hungry at night, and eat early enough to digest your food by bedtime (eat your last meal of the day around 6PM). ///////////// Since you have to change quickly, instead of getting on the right sleep schedule, you might consider shifting your wrong schedule (slightly) to stay awake during your morning exam (then go to bed after your exam).

Answer 8

Because this verb is so awkward, I suggest staying away from the passive mood altogether and using the active mood. For example: "I woke up from a deep sleep," instead of "I was awakened..." If you want to say what woke you up, say: "The noise in this building woke me up from a deep sleep. This happens every morning, etc."

Answer 9

I Was Woken

Answer 10

i was awoken from sleep!!