MATURE or MATURED?

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

MATURE or MATURED?

We need some ~matured~ minds (nonstandard).
We need some mature minds (standard). When used to mean being fully developed physically or reaching an advanced stage in a process, the adjective is mature (not, matured).

He ~mature~ a lot while he was in college (nonstandard).
He matured a lot when he was in college (standard).
When “mature” functions as a verb, its past and participle forms are “matured”.

Mind a test?

1. Do you prefer mild or __ cheddar (mature, matured)?
2. You and I are __, freethinking adults (mature, matured).
3. That’s the best place to enjoy __ wine (mature, matured).
4. After three years in school, they will have __ (mature, matured).
5. The wine has been __ in oak vats so we can go ahead to enjoy it (mature, matured).
   GAB