Topic outline

    • Weak Verbs

      We know that the main tenses of a verb are the present, the past and the past participle and all other tenses are formed from these three forms.

      Let’s look at the following examples:

            1.   curse (present), cursed (past), cursed (past participle)

            2.   sell (present), sold, (past), sold (past participle)

            3.   dream (present), dreamt (past), dreamt (past participle)

      In the above examples, we have noticed that the past and past participle forms are made by the addition of –ed, -d or –t to the present.

      Therefore, Weak Verbs are those which form Past Tense by adding –ed, -d or –t to the Present, with or without vowel change in the body of the word.



      List of Weak Verbs

      Present

      Past

      Past Participle

      bend

      bent

      bent

      bleed

      bled

      bled

      breed

      bred

      bred

      bring

      brought

      brought

      build

      built

      built

      burn

      burnt

      burned

      burnt

      buy

      bought

      bought

      catch

      caught

      caught

      clothe

      clothed

      clothed

      creep

      crept

      crept

      curse

      cursed

      cursed

      dare

      dared

      dared

      deal

      dealt

      dealt

      deceive

      deceived

      deceived

      die

      died

      died

      dream

      dreamt

      dreamed

      dreamt

      dreamed

      dwell

      dwelt

      dwelt

      feed

      fed

      fed

      feel

      felt

      felt



      flee

      fled

      fled

      flow

      flowed

      flowed

      hang

      hung

      hanged

      hung

      hanged

      have

      had

      had

      hear

      heard

      heard

      keep

      kept

      kept

      kneel

      knelt

      knelt

      lay

      laid

      laid

      lead

      led

      led

      lean

      leant

      leaned

      leant

      leaned

      leap

      leapt

      leaped

      leapt

      leaped

      learn

      learned

      learnt

      learned

      learnt

      leave

      left

      Left

      lend

      lent

      lent

      light

      lighted

      lit

      lighted

      lit

      lie

      lied

      lied

      lose

      lost

      lost

      make

      made

      made

      mean

      meant

      meant

      meet

      met

      met

      melt

      melted

      melted

      pay

      paid

      paid

      prove

      proved

      proved

      raise

      raised

      raised

      rend

      rent

      rent

      say

      said

      said

      seek

      sought

      sought

      sell

      sold

      sold

      send

      sent

      sent

      sew

      sewed

      sewn

      shave

      shaved

      shaven

      shoot

      shot

      shot

      show

      showed

      shown

      sleep

      slept

      slept

      smell

      smelt

      smelt

      sow

      sowed

      sown

      sowed

      speed

      sped

      sped

      spell

      spelt

      spelled

      spelt

      spelled

      spend

      spent

      spent

      spill

      spilt

      spilled

      spilt

      spilled

      strew

      strewed

      strewn

      strewed

      sweep

      swept

      swept

      swell

      swelled

      swollen

      swelled

      teach

      taught

      taught

      tell

      told

      told

      think

      thought

      thought

      travel

      travelled

      travelled

      weep

      wept

      wept

      wet

      wetted

      wetted

      work

      worked

      worked

       

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