Strong and weak verbs
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Slide 1

WEAK VERBS

STRONG VERBS

FORMS OF MAIN VERBS

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Strong verb

a main verb that does not need a ‘t’ , ‘d’, ‘ed’ to give its past and past participle forms is called as a strong verb

Examples.

GIVE - GAVE GIVEN

TAKE - TOOK TAKEN

BREAK - BROKE BROKEN

Slide 3

Generally a main verb that needs a ‘t’ or ‘d’ to give its past

and past participle forms is called as a weak verb

A main verb that loses an ‘e’ from its usual form to give the past and past participle forms is called as a weak verb

e.g. read - read - read , bleed – bled- bled

3. A verb that does not change its usual form in all the three forms is also called as a weak verb

e.g. cut, set, put

4. A main verb that needs an ‘ed’ to form its past and past participle form is called as a weak verb.

e.g. walk-walked-walked, render-rendered-rendered