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We can form all other parts of a verb with these three main parts of the verb.

Verbs can be strong verbs or weak verbs . Let us discuss about them.
1. Strong Verbs: They are the verbs that form their past tense by changing the inside
vowel(s) of their present tense.

Read the following examples:

Drink Drank Sit Sat

Fall Fell Win Won

2. Weak Verbs: They are the verbs that form their past tense by adding -ed , or to -d -t
the present.
Read the following examples:

Show Showed Build Built
Smell Smelt Dream Dreamt

There are some irregular verbs. They form their past tense by using different words.

They do not follow any set of rules.
Read the following examples:

Seek Sought Catch Caught
Think Thought

Such verbs are also called weak verbs . In addition to adding -ed, -d or -t at the end
of the verb, the inside vowel has also changed.

We will now look at the list of strong verbs and weak verbs.

Strong Verbs

Present Past Past Participle Present Past Past Participle

find found found wake woke waken
forget forgot forgotten wear wore worn
freeze froze frozen win won won
get got got wind wound wound
grow grew grown write wrote written

arise arose arisen hold held held
beat beat beaten know knew known
become became become run ran run
begin began begun see saw seen
bind bound bound shake shook shaken
blow blew blown shine shone shone

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