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Modal auxiliaries Vs Primary auxiliaries Primary auxiliaries are be, do, have. They are used to form tenses and to frame short answers. Modal auxiliaries are will, would, may, might, shall, should, can, could, must, dare, need, used, ought. They are used to express moods.
Irregular verbs form their past tense and past participle in a different way from adding ed. There is no ending at all, by changing the vowel of the base form. These are also called Strong Verbs.
A verb which does not follow the normal pattern when forming the past tense and past participle
IRREGULAR VERBS WITH SIMILAR PRESENT, PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE FORMS
Unchanging Verbs List : Verbs in which all three forms are the same
e.g.
Present Tense
Past Tense
Past Participle
Present Participle
beset
beset
beset
besetting
broadcast
broadcast
broadcast
broadcating
burst
burst
burst
bursting
cast
cast
cast
casting
challenged
challenged
challenged
challenging
congratulated
congratulated
congratulated
congratulating
cost
cost
cost
costing
cut
cut
cut
cutting
forecast
forecast
forecast
forecasting
hit
hit
hit
hitting
hurt
hurt
hurt
hurting
let
let
let
letting
outbid
outbid
outbid
outbidding
overcast
overcast
overcast
overcasting
put
put
put
putting
read
read
read
reading
set
set
set
setting
shed
shed
shed
shedding
shut
shut
shut
shutting
slit
slit
slit
slitting
split
split
split
splitting
upset
upset
upset
upsetting
IRREGULAR VERBS WITH SIMILAR PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE FORMS
Verbs in which two of the three forms are the same. All of them have the same past and past participle
e.g.
Present Tense
Past Tense
Past Participle
Present Participle
behold
beheld
beheld
beholding
beseech
besought
besought
beseeching
build
built
built
building
deal
dealt
dealt
dealing
say
said
said
saying
sell
sold
sold
selling
sit
sat
sat
sitting
teach
taught
taught
teaching
make
made
made
making
keep
kept
kept
keeping
IRREGULAR VERBS WITH SIMILAR PRESENT AND PAST PARTICIPLE FORMS
Verbs in which two of the three forms are the same. All of them have the same present and past participle forms.
e.g.
Present Tense
Past Tense
Past Participle
Present Participle
come
came
come
coming
overcome
overcame
overcome
overcoming
run
ran
run
running
outrun
outran
outrun
outrunning
overrun
overran
overrun
overrunning
IRREGULAR VERBS WITH THREE DISTINCT FORMS
Verbs in which all three forms are different. All of them have the same present, past and past participle
e.g.
Present Tense
Past Tense
Past Participle
Present Participle
arise
arose
arosen
arising
awake
awoke
awoken
beseeching
blow
blew
blown
blowing
choose
chose
chosen
choosing
do
did
done
saying
go
went
gone
going
fly
flew
flown
flying
give
gave
given
giving
see
saw
seen
seeing
write
wrote
written
writing
The following verbs have an alternative past participle form (ending in -en), which