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Verbs Table

1) The document categorizes verbs into strong verbs, which form their past tense by a vowel change, and weak verbs, which form their past tense by adding "-ed", "-d", or "t". 2) It provides examples of strong verbs like "break/broke/broken" and weak verbs like "act/acted/acted". 3) Some weak verbs do not change form at all between tenses, like "bet/bet/bet", and others have irregular past participles used as adjectives, like "drunken".

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Verbs Table

1) The document categorizes verbs into strong verbs, which form their past tense by a vowel change, and weak verbs, which form their past tense by adding "-ed", "-d", or "t". 2) It provides examples of strong verbs like "break/broke/broken" and weak verbs like "act/acted/acted". 3) Some weak verbs do not change form at all between tenses, like "bet/bet/bet", and others have irregular past participles used as adjectives, like "drunken".

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VERB TABLE

1) Strong Verbs or Irregular Verbs:


Verbs forming the past tense by a vowel change are called strong verbs; as:
Present Past Past Participle
break broke broken
abide abode abode
eat ate eaten
breed bred bred

2) Weak Verbs :
Verbs forming the past tense or past participle by adding – ed, -d, or t to the present are called
verbs ; as:
Present Past Past Participle
act acted acted
bathe bathed bathed
smell smelt smelt
help helped helped

Note:
There are some verbs which do not have any change in their past tense and past participle. These are
also called weak verbs; as :
Present Past Past Participle
bet bet bet
cut cut cut
hurt hurt hurt
cost cost cost

Present Past Past Participle


abide abode abode
arise arose arises
be was been
bear bore born, borne
buy bought bought
begin began begun
bite bit bitten
build built built
catch caught caught
Present Past Past Participle
cling clung Clung
choose chose chosen
dig dug dug
do did done
draw drew drawn
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
find found found
flee fled fled
fly flew flown
feel felt Felt
forbid forbade forbidden
go went gone
got got got
give gave given
grind ground ground
grow grew grown
hear heard heard
hide hid hidden
hold held held
hang hanged hanged
hang hung hung
keep kept kept
kneel knelt knelt
know knew known
lie lied lied
lie lay lain
lead led led
leap leapt leapt
leave left left
lent lent lent
mistake mistook mistaken
meet met met
pay paid paid
ride rode rode, ridden
ring rang rung
rise rose risen
run ran run
strive strove striven
swear swore sworn
sweep swept swept
shake shook shaken
see saw seen

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Present Past Past Participle
advice advised advised
agree agreed agreed
allow allowed allowed
beg begged begged
betray betrayed betrayed
bark barked barked
buy bought bought
burn burnt burnt
bleed bled bled
call called called
care cared card
catch caught caught
cry cried cried
crown crowned crowned
daily delayed delayed
deal dealt dealt
drink drank drunk
develop developed developed
deny denied denied
elect elected elected
insure insured insured
free freed freed
fail failed failed
feed fed fed
flee fled fled
glow glowed glowed
grind ground ground
hate hated hated
have had had
host hosted hosted
honour honoured honoured
insult insulted insulted
invest invested invested
keep kept kept
knit knitted knitted
laugh laughed laughed
lead led led
lose lost lost
marry married married
mean meant meant
need needed needed
obey obeyed obeyed
pay paid paid
preach preached preached

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Present Past Past Participle
sell sold sold
sing sang sung
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
shrink shrank shrunk
sink sank sunk
sit sat sat
smite smote smitten
spring sprang sprung
spill spilt spilt
stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
stick stuck stuck
sting stung stung
swim swam swum
take took taken
tread trod trodden
throw threw thrown
tear tore torn
understand understood understood
win won won
wind wound wound
weep wept wept
wear wore worn
weave wove woven
wring wrung wrung
withdraw withdrew withdrawn
write wrote written

Note :
These days the past Participles bounded, drunken, hidden, gotten, stricken, sunken, shrunken are
used as verbal adjectives : as :
1) It is our bounded duty to save our country.
2) The drunken driver caused the accident.
3) The sea has much hidden wealth.
4) Ill-gotten, ill-spent.
5) The sunken ship has been raised.

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Weak Verbs

Present Past Past Participle


accept accepted accepted
act acted acted
address addressed addressed
arise arose arisen
admit admitted admitted
awake awoke awoken
quicken quickened quickened
read read read
reply replied replied
say said said
sell sold sold
sweep swept swept
tell told told
watch watched watched
wake woke woken
yell yelled yelled

Verbs having the same form in the past and past participle forms:
Present Past Past Participle
bet bet bet
bid bid bid
beset beset beset
burst burst burst
cast cast cast
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
hit hit hit
hurt hurt hurt
rid rid rid
read read read
let let let
put put put
shed shed shed
shut shut shut
split split split
spread spread spread
thrust thrust thrust

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