VERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO FORM
[Sidenote: _Kinds._]
244. According to form, verbs are strong or weak.
[Sidenote: _Definition._]
A strong verb forms its past tense by changing the vowel of the
present tense form, but adds no ending; as,
_run_, _ran_; _drive_,_drove_.
A weak verb always adds an ending to the present to form the past
tense, and _may_ or _may not_ change the vowel: as,
_beg_, _begged_;_lay_, _laid_; _sleep_, _slept_; _catch_, _caught_.
245. TABLE OF STRONG VERBS
NOTE. Some of these also have weak forms, which are in parentheses
_Present Tense._ _Past Tense._ _Past Participle._
abide abode abode
arise arose arisen
awake awoke (awaked) awoke (awaked)
bear bore {borne (active)
{born (passive)
begin began begun
behold beheld beheld
bid bade, bid bidden, bid
bind bound {bound,
{[_adj._ bounden]
bite bit bitten, bit
blow blew blown
break broke broken
chide chid chidden, chid
choose chose chosen
cleave clove, clave (cleft) cloven (cleft)
climb [clomb] climbed climbed
cling clung clung
come came come
crow crew (crowed) (crowed)
dig dug dug
do did done
draw drew drawn
drink drank {drunk, drank
{[_adj._ drunken]
drive drove driven
eat ate, eat eaten, eat
fall fell fallen
fight fought fought
find found found
fling flung flung
fly flew flown
forbear forbore forborne
forget forgot forgotten
forsake forsook forsaken
freeze froze frozen
get got got [gotten]
give gave given
go went gone
grind ground ground
grow grew grown
hang hung (hanged) hung (hanged)
hold held held
know knew known
lie lay lain
ride rode ridden
ring rang rung
run ran run
see saw seen
shake shook shaken
shear shore (sheared) shorn (sheared)
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
shrink shrank or shrunk shrunk
shrive shrove shriven
sing sang or sung sung
sink sank or sunk sunk _[adj._ sunken]
sit sat [sate] sat
slay slew slain
slide slid slidden, slid
sling slung slung
slink slunk slunk
smite smote smitten
speak spoke spoken
spin spun spun
spring sprang, sprung sprung
stand stood stood
stave stove (staved) (staved)
steal stole stolen
stick stuck stuck
sting stung stung
stink stunk, stank stunk
stride strode stridden
strike struck struck, stricken
string strung strung
strive strove striven
swear swore sworn
swim swam or swum swum
swing swung swung
take took taken
tear tore torn
thrive throve (thrived) thriven (thrived)
throw threw thrown
tread trod trodden, trod
wear wore worn
weave wove woven
win won won
wind wound wound
wring wrung wrung
write wrote written
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