English irregular verbs: Difference between revisions

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Regular verbs in English have three forms:

the base, which is equivalent to the infinitive without 'to' and most forms of the present tense
the -s form, which is used for the third person singular of the present tense
the past tense form, which is also used for the past participle, and which consists of adding -ed to the base, or, in the case of verbs ending in -e, -d only.

Irregular verbs have these forms

base	past	past participle	past passive adjective
béãr birth	bŏre	bŏrn
béãr suffered, carried	bŏre	bŏrne
bêat	bêat	bêaten
begín	begán	begún
behóld	behéld	behéld	behôlden
bénd	bént	bént
berêave	berêaved	berêaved	beréft
besêech	besŏught	besŏught
bíd auction	bíd	bíd
bíd ask	báde (= bád wrong)	bídden

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+This is a table of [[English irregular verbs]].
+Regular verbs in English have three forms:
+*the base, which is equivalent to the infinitive without 'to' and most forms of the present tense
+*the -s form, which is used for the third person singular of the present tense
+*the past tense form, which is also used for the past participle, and which consists of adding -ed to the base, or, in the case of verbs ending in -e, -d only.
+Irregular verbs have these forms
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