I dived 5 feet deep

The sentence is complete, but the correct past tense of "dive" is dove not dived. Your sentence should say,"I dove five feet deep."

Hi Magda,

Sounds fine to me.

Best wishes, Clive

MagdaHi,
can I say: "I dived 5 feet deep"? Is this sentence complete?

Thank you.

It sounds bad.

I would say:

I dived into a 5 feet deep swimming pool.

Below is the definition of deep

I think both the original sentence (which indicates to which depth you went into the water) and the
I dived into a 5 feet deep swimming pool.
are correct,
but have different meanings.

Welkins, how do you know that the swimming pool wasn't 12 feet deep but that they only dived down 5 feet. Or that they were in a swimming pool at all? They could be in the sea or a lake for instance.

AnonymousThe sentence is complete, but the correct past tense of "dive" is dove not dived. Your sentence should say,"I dove five feet deep."

Dove, yes in AmE, but dived is usual in BrE. Thanks for your answer.

Thank you all for your comments
Cheers,
Magda

Nona The BritWelkins, how do you know that the swimming pool wasn't 12 feet deep but that they only dived down 5 feet. Or that they were in a swimming pool at all? They could be in the sea or a lake for instance.

nona, I'm afraid that you miss the point. As I said, it sounded bad to me so I changed a little. Besides I was not sure the setence that Madga wrote

AnonymousThe sentence is complete, but the correct past tense of "dive" is dove not dived. Your sentence should say,"I dove five feet deep."

The past tense of 'dive' is 'dived' (British English).

The past tense of 'dive' is 'dove' (American English).

I dived into a 5 feet deep swimming pool.

First, it should be a 5-foot-deep swimming pool.

Second, you've changed the meaning of the sentence "I dived 5 feet deep." What the writer means is that he is now 5 feet underwater after he had dived.