"Awoke" is the past tense. "A few hours ago I awoke." "Awake" is the present tense. It is hard to write a simple sentence that uses it, because you are not usually talking then! "In the summer, I awake every morning to the sound of birds." You can also uses it as a command in the present tense: "Sleepers, awake!" A English translation of a poem by Omar Khayyam begins "Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night/Has flung the Stone that put the Stars to Flight!" "Awake" is less common than the verb "wake." A more common way to say all these things would be: "I woke up a few hours ago," "Every day I wake to the sound of birds," and "Hey! Wake up! It's time to get up!"

Hello, see this link:https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/past-continuous-and-past-simple , it explains about it and how you can choose correct form in a different situations.

Hello Loletta this sentence is correct(he awoke reluctantly) the word reluctantly is an adverb. Awake is a verb in present tense. to rouse from sleep Awoke is a verb in past tense.

Hi Loletta! I think very interesting you habit to read books while is going work! Congratualtions! Nowadays, people get stuck in social media and I usually don't see people reading books. Usually when I am going work by bus, I like reading books, too. Not frequently, but I like. If you have a good book to share with me, feel free to do it. Have a great week!