I. Principal Parts Of Strong Verbs

[w. - weak verb. obs. - obsolete.]

Present

Past

Past Participle

abide

abode

abode

arise

arose

arisen

awake

awoke, awaked (w).

awoke, awaked (w).

bear

bore

borne, born

beat

beat

beaten

begin

began

begun

behold

beheld

beheld, beholden

bid

bade, bid

bidden, bid

bind

bound

bound

bite

bit

bitten, bit

blow

blew

blown

break

broke

broken

burst

burst

burst

chide

chid

chidden, chid

choose

chose

chosen

cleave

clave, cleft (w).

cloven, cleft (w).

cling

clung

clung

come

came

come

crow

crew, crowed (w).

crowed (w).

dig

dug

dug

do

did

done

draw

drew

drawn

drink

drank, drunk

drunk, drunken

drive

drove

driven

eat

ate

eaten

Present

Past

Past Participle

fall

fell

fallen

fight

fought

fought

find

found

found

forbear

forbore

forborne

forget

forgot

forgotten

forsake

forsook

forsaken

freeze

froze

frozen

get

got

got, gotten

give

gave

given

grind

ground

ground

grow

grew

grown

hang

hung

hung, hanged

heave

hove, heaved (w).

hoven, heaved (w).

hide

hid

hidden

hold

held

held

know

knew

known

lie

lay

lain

ride

rode

ridden

ring

rang, rung

rung

rise

rose

risen

run

ran

run

see

saw

seen

seethe

sod, seethed (w).

sodden, seethed (w).

shake

shook

shaken

shine

shone

shone

shoot

shot

shot

show

shew (obs)., showed (w).

shown, showed (w).

shrink

shrank, shrunk

shrunk, shrunken

shrive

shrove, shrived (w).

shriven, shrived (w).

sing

sang, sung

sung

sink

sank, sunk

sunk, sunken

sit

sat

sat

slay

slew

slain

slide

slid

slidden, slid

sling

slung

slung

slink

slunk

slunk

smite

smote

smitten

Present

Past

Past Participle

speak

spoke

spoken

spin

spun

spun

spring

sprang, sprung

sprung

stand

stood

stood

stave

stove, staved (w).

staved (w).

steal

stole

stolen

stick

stuck

stuck

sting

stung

stung

stink

stank, stunk

stunk

stride

strode

stridden

strike

struck

struck, stricken

string

strung

strung

strive

strove

striven

swear

swore

sworn

swim

swam, swum

swum

swing

swung

swung

take

took

taken

tear

tore

torn .

thrive

throve, thrived (w).

thriven, thrived (w).

throw

threw

thrown

tread

trod

trodden

wake

woke, waked (w).

waked

wear

wore

worn

weave

wove

woven

win

won

won

wind

wound

wound

wring

wrung

wrung

write

wrote

written

II. Principal Parts Of Irregular Weak Verbs

Present

Past

Past Participle

bend

bent

bent

bereave

bereft

bereft, bereaved

beseech

besought

besought

bleed

bled

bled

blend

blended

blent

breed

bred

bred

bring

brought

brought

build

built, builded

built, builded

burn

burnt, burned

burnt, burned

buy

bought

bought

cast

cast

cast

. catch

caught

caught

cleave

cleft, cleaved

cleft, cleaved

clothe

clad, clothed

clad, clothed

cost

cost

cost

creep

crept

crept

cut

cut

cut

dare

durst, dared

dared

deal

dealt

dealt

dream

dreamt, dreamed

dreamt, dreamed

dwell

dwelt

dwelt

feed

fed

fed

feel

felt

felt

flee

fled

fled

freight

freighted

fraught, freighted

gild

gilded, gilt

gilded, gilt

grave

graved

graved, graven

have

had

had

hear

heard

heard

hew

hewed

hewed, hewn

hide

hid

hid, hidden

hit

hit

hit

hurt

hurt

hurt

keep

kept

kept

kneel

knelt

knelt

Present

Past

Past Participle

knit

knit, knitted

knit, knitted

lay

laid

laid

lead

led

led

leap

leaped, leapt

leaped, leapt

learn

learned, learnt

learned, learnt

let

let

let

leave

left

left

light

lighted, lit

lighted, lit

lose

lost

lost

make

made

made

mean

meant

meant

meet

met

met

mow

mowed

mowed, mown

pay

paid

paid

pen (to confine)

penned, pent

penned, pent

put

put

put

quit

quit

quit

read

read

read

rend

rent

rent

rid

rid

rid

rive

rived

rived, riven

saw

sawed

sawed, sawn

say

said

said

seek

sought

sought

send

sent

sent

set

set

set

shave

shaved

shaved, shaven

shear

sheared

sheared, shorn

shed

shed

shed

shoe

shod

shod

shoot

shot

shot

show

showed

showed, shown

shred

shred

shred

shut

shut

shut

sleep

slept

slept

slit

slit

slit

smell

smelled, smelt

smelled, smelt

Present

Past

Past Participle

sow

sowed

sowed, sown

speed

sped

sped

spend

spent

spent

spell

spelled, spelt

spelled, spelt

spill

spilled, spilt

spilled, spilt

spit

spat

spit

split

split

split

spoil

spoiled, spoilt

spoiled, spoilt

spread

spread

spread

strew

strewed

strewed, strown

sweat

sweat

sweat

sweep

swept

swept

swell

swelled

swelled, swollen

teach

taught

taught

tell

told

told

think

thought

thought

thrust

thrust

thrust

weep

wept

wept

wend

wended, went

wended

wet

wet

wet

whet

whetted, whet

whetted, whet

work

worked, wrought

worked, wrought