Strong and Weak Verbs

The principal parts of a verb in English are

Present (First Form)             Past (Second Form)             Past Participle (Third Form)

Weak Verbs:

These verbs end in ‘d’ and ‘t’ and have the same form for present and past.

Examples 

	1st Form	2nd Form	3rd Form
Put	Put	Put	Put
Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
Shut	Shut	Shut	Shut
Spread	Spread	Spread	Spread
Shed	Shed	Shed	Shed

The weak verbs form their past by adding (‘ed’, ‘d’, or ‘t’).

Walk	Walked	Walked
Laugh	Laughed	Laughed
Wish	Wished	Wished
Spend	Spent	Spent
Receive	Received	Received

The weak verbs ending in ‘d’ and ‘t’ are changed into past by shortening their vowel sounds.

Bleed	Bled	Bled
Feed	Fed	Fed
Meet	Met	Met

Strong Verbs:

These verbs form their past tense by merely changing the inside vowel of present tense without having ‘ed’, or ‘d’ or ‘t’.

Examples

	1st Form	2nd Form	3rd Form
Arise	Arise	Arose	Arisen
Become	Became	Become	Become
Choose	Choose	Chose	Chosen
Drink	Drink	Drank	Drunk
Eat	Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fall	Fall	Fell	Fallen
Give	Give	Gave	Given
Hide	Hide	Hid	Hid (Hidden)
Take	Take	Took	Taken

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