2. By dropping the final vowel; as hide, hid; slide, slid; bite, bit.
3. By dropping a vowel from the middle of the word; as bleed, bled; feed, fed; lead, led.
4. By changing the final letter or letters; as send, sent; lose, lost; spend, spent.
5. By changing the vowel and final letters; as bring, brought; seek, sought; catch, caught.
6. By changing the vowel sound and adding t or d; as sleep, slept; feel, felt; flee, fled.
There are some irregular forms which we must learn and be exceedingly careful in their use. Study the list in this lesson.
Exercise 1
Write the present and past time forms of the following verbs as the verb think is written in the table given below.
- think
- ride
- have
- give
- write
- ask
- make
- try
- speak
- run
- see
- do
| Present Time | Past Time |
|---|---|
| Singular | Singular |
| 1. I think | 1. I thought |
| 2. You think | 2. You thought |
| 3. He thinks | 3. He thought |
| Plural | Plural |
| 1. We think | 1. We thought |
| 2. You think | 2. You thought |
| 3. They think | 3. They thought |