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FORMS OF WAKE AND AWAKE
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."
person present past perfect form participle form
first I wake up/
awake/awaken I woke up/
awoke/awoken I have woken up/
have woken/have awoken I am waking up/
am awaking/am awakening

third he wakes up/
awakes/awakens he woke up/
awoke/awoken he has woken up/
has woken/has awoken he is waking up/
is awaking/is awakening

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FORMS OF WAKE AND AWAKE
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."
person	present	past	perfect form	participle form
first	I wake up/ awake/awaken	I woke up/ awoke/awoken	I have woken up/ have woken/have awoken	I am waking up/ am awaking/am awakening
third	he wakes up/ awakes/awakens	he woke up/ awoke/awoken	he has woken up/ has woken/has awoken	he is waking up/ is awaking/is awakening