Partly Strong Strong Verbs

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The chief parts of a Verb in English are the Present Tense, the Past Tense and the Past Participle. All the other parts (Active and Passive) can be easily formed from these three. To conjugate a Verb is to show its chief parts. Verbs are classified as Strong and Weak according to the manner in which they form the Past Tense and the Past Participle.

Tests of A Weak Verb

(a) All verbs whose Past Tense ends in a D or T which is not in the Present Tense are Weak Verbs.

1. Live – lived
2. Fan – fanned
3. Carry - carried
4. Think – thought
5. Sell – sold
6. Flee - fled

(b) All Verbs whose Past Tense is formed by shortening (not changing) the vowel of the Present Tense are Weak Verbs.

1. Bleed – bled
2. Shoot – shot
3. Lead – led
4. Light - lit
5. Light - lighted

(c) All Verbs whose Past Tense is the same as the Present are Weak Verbs.

1. Cut – cut
2. Hurt – hurt
3. Put – put
4. Rid – rid
5. Spread – spread

Tests of A Strong Verb

(a) All Verbs which form the Past Tense by changing (not merely shortening) the inside vowel and do not add a final D or T are Strong Verbs.

1. Fight – fought
2. Hold – held
3. Stand – stood
4. Sit – sat
5. Find – found
6. Drive – drove
7. Ring - Rang – Rung
8. Understand – understood
9. Show – Shown
10. Imply – Implied
11. Qualify – Qualified

But BUY - BOUGHT is Weak, because after changing the inside vowel it adds a final T.

All Verbs which form the past Participle in EN or N are either wholly or partly Strong.

Wholly Strong Strong Verbs :

1. Draw – drew – drawn
2. Shake – shook – shaken

Partly Strong Strong Verbs :

1. Saw – sawed – sawn
2. Cleave – cleft – cloven

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4. Subject-Verb Agreement - 2
   
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14. Two Auxiliaries with One Principal Verb
    
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17. Intransitive Verb of Complete Predication
    
18. Intransitive Verb of Incomplete Predication
    
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21. Tests of A Strong Verb
    
22. Wholly Strong Strong Verbs
    
23. Partly Strong Strong Verbs
    
24. List of Strong Verbs
    
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27. List of Weak Verbs
    
28. Mixed Verbs
    
29. Strong Verbs Becoming Partly Weak Verbs
    

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