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Irregular Verbs.

Irregular Verbs are those which do not form their imperfect tense, and their perfect participle, by the addition of d or ed to the verb; as,

Present.

I begin,

I know,

Imperfect.
I began,
I knew,

Perf. or Pass. Part.

begun,

known.

Irregular Verbs of various sorts.

1. Such as have the present and imperfect tenses, and perfect participle, the same; as,

Present.

Cost,

Put,

Imperfect.

cost,

put,

2. Such as have the imperfect tense,

fect participle, the same; as,

Present.

Abide,

Sell,

sold,

3. Such as have the imperfect tense, and per

fect participle different; as,

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Perf. or Pass. Part.

Dig,

dug, R.

dug, R.

Do,

did,

done.

Draw,

drew,

drawn.

Drive,

drove,

driven.

Drink,

drank,

drunk.

Dwell,

dwelt, R.

dwelt, R.

Eat,

eat, or ate,

eaten.

Fall,

fell,

failen.

Feed,

fed,

fed.

Feel,

felt,

felt.

Fight,

fought,

fought.

Finu,

found,

found.

Flee,

fled,

fled.

Fling,

flung,

flung.

Fly,

flew,

flown.

Forget,

forgot,

forgotten, forgot.

Forsake,

forsook,

forsaken.

Freeze,

froze,

frozen.

Get,

got,

got.

Gild,

gilt, R.

gilt, R.

Gird,

girt, R.

girt, R.

Give.

gave,

given.

Go,

went,

Grave,

graved,

Grind,

ground,

Grow,

grew,

Have,

had,

Hang,

hung, R.

Hear

heard,

Hew,

hewed,

gone. graven. ground. grown. had. hung, R. heard.

hewn, R.

Hide,

hid,

Hit,

hit,

Hold,

held,

hidden, hid.

hit.

held.

Hart,

hurt,

Keep,

kept,

Knit,

knit, R.

Know.

knew,

Lade,

laded,

hurt.
kept.

knit, R.
known.
laden.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

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Perf.or Pass. Part.

Shut,

shut,

shut.

Sing,

sung, sang,

sung.

Sink,

sunk, sank,

sunk.

Sit,

sat,

Slay,

slew,

Sleep,

slept,

Slide,

slid,

Sling,

slung,

Slink,

slunk,

Slit,

slit, R.

Smite,

smote,

Sow,,

sowed,

Speak,

spoke,

Speed,

sped,

sat.
slain.
slept.
slidden.
slung.
slunk.

slit, or slitted.
smitten.

Bown, R.
spoken
sped,

Spend,

spent,

spent.

Spill,

spilt, R.

spilt, R.

Spin,

spun,

spun.

Spit,

spit, spat,

spit, spitten.

Split,

split,

split.

Spread,

spread,

spread.

Spring,

sprung, sprang,

sprung.

Stand,

stood,

stood.

Steal,

stole,

stolen.

Stick,

stuck,

stuck.

Sting,

stung,

stung.

Stink,

stunk,

stunk.

Stride,

strode, or strid,

stridden.

Strike,

struck,

struck, or stricken.

String,

strung,

strung.

Strive,

strove,

striven.

swore,

Sweat,

swet, R.

Swell,

swelled,

Swim,

swum, swam,

strowed, or strewed, {strown, strowed,

sweet, R. swollen, R.

swum.

strewed.

sworn.

Swing,

swung,

swung.

Take,

took,

taken.

Teach,

taught,

tought,