LESSON XLIII.
Reading edition
IRREGULAR VERBS OF THE WEAK CONJUGATION.
We have learned that regular verbs of the weak conjugation form their past tense and perfect participle by adding ed or d to the present tense form.
Point out how the following verbs form their past tense and perfect participle:
Present.Past.Perfect Participle.
mean,meant, meant.
sleep,slept, slept.
say,said, said.
cost,cost, cost.
In some verbs the ed or d of the past tense is sounded like t, and in many cases the spelling has changed to t. A few verbs shorten the vowel of the present; as, feel, felt, felt. Other verbs of this conjugation change the vowel before adding d; as, tell, told, told; and a number that end in t or d make no change; as, set, set, set.
A LIST OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS OF THE WEAK CONJUGATION.
Present.Past.Perf. Part.
bend,bent,[1]bent.
bereave,bereft,[1]bereft.
beseech,besought,besought.
bleed,bled,bled.
breed,bred,bred.
bring,brought,brought.
build,built,[1]built.
burn,burnt,[1]burnt.
burst,burst,burst.
buy,bought,bought.
cast,cast,cast.
catch,caught,caught.
cleave (adhere),clave,[1]cleaved.
clothe,clad,[1]clad.
cost,cost,cost.
creep,crept,crept.
cut,cut,cut.
dare,durst,[1]dared.
deal,dealt,dealt.
dream,dreamt,[1]dreamt.
dwell,dwelt,[1]dwelt.
feed,fed,fed.
feel,felt,felt.
flee,fled,fled.
gild,gilt,[1]gilt.
gird,girt,[1]girt.
have,had,had.
hear,heard,heard.
hit,hit,hit.
hurt,hurt,hurt.
keep,kept,kept.
kneel,knelt,knelt.
knit,knit,[1]knit.
lay,laid,laid.
lead,led,led.
lean,leant,[1]leant.
leap,leapt,[1]leapt.
learn,learnt,[1]learnt.
leave,left,left.
lend,lent,lent.
let,let,let.
light,lit,[1]lit.
lose,lost,lost.
make,made,made.
mean,meant,meant.
meet,met,met.
pay,paid,paid.
pen (enclose),pent,[1]pent.
put,put,put.
quit,quit,[1]quit.
read,read,read.
rend,rent,rent.
rid,rid,rid.
say,said,said.
seek,sought,sought.
sell,sold,sold.
send,sent,sent.
set,set,set.
shed,shed,shed.
shoe,shod,shod.
shoot,shot,shot.
shut,shut,shut.
sleep,slept,slept.
smell,smelt,[1]smelt.
speed,sped,sped.
spell,spelt,[1]spelt.
spend,spent,spent.
spill,spilt,[1]spilt.
spit,spit,spit.
split,split,split.
spoil,spoilt,[1]spoilt.
spread,spread,spread.
sweat,sweat,sweat.
sweep,swept,swept.
teach,taught,taught.
tell,told,told.
think,thought,thought.
thrust,thrust,thrust.
weep,wept,wept.
wet,wet,[1]wet.
whet,whet,[1]whet.
work,wrought,[1]wrought.
[1] Sometimes conjugated regularly.