+The Principal Parts of a verb are the present indicative or the present infinitive, the past indicative, and the past participle+.
These are called principal parts, because all the other forms of the verb are derived from them.
We give, below, the principal parts of some of the most important irregular verbs. Learn them.
Present. Past. Past. Par.
Be or am, was, been.
Begin, began, begun.
Blow, blew, blown.
Break, broke, broken.
Choose, chose, chosen.
Come, came, come.
Do, did, done.
Draw, drew, drawn.
Drink, drank, drunk.
Drive, drove, driven.
Eat, ate, eaten.
Fall, fell, fallen.
Fly, flew, flown.
Freeze, froze, frozen.
Go, went, gone.
Get, got, got or gotten.
Give, gave, given.
Grow, grew, grown.
Have, had, had.
Know, knew, known.
Lay, laid, laid.
Lie, (to rest) lay, lain.
Ride, rode, ridden.
Ring, rang or rung, rung.
Rise, rose, risen.
Run, ran, run.
See, saw, seen.
Set, set, set.
Sit, sat, sat.
Shake, shook, shaken.
Sing, sang or sung, sung.
Slay, slew, slain.
Speak, spoke, spoken.
Steal, stole, stolen.
Swim, swam or swum, swum.
Take, took, taken.
Tear, tore, torn.
Throw, threw, thrown.
Wear, wore, worn.
Write, wrote, written.
The following irregular verbs are called +Defective,+ because some of their parts are wanting.
Present. Past. | Present. Past. ——————————|——————————- Can, could. | Will, would. May, might. | Must, —— Shall, should. | Ought, ——
LESSON 92.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB +SEE+ IN THE SIMPLE FORM.
+PRINCIPAL PARTS+.
Pres. Past. Past Par. See, saw, seen.