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IRREGULAR VERBS.

All verbs whose past tense of the Declarative Mode and past participle do not end in ed, are Irregular. They are in number about 177.

Irregular Verbs may be arranged as follows:

1. Those whose past time of the Declarative Mode and Perfect Participle are the same as the present Infinitive-as beat, burst, cast, cost, cut, hit, hurt, let, put, read, rid, set, shed, shred, shut, slit, split, spread, thrust, sweat, wet.

2. Verbs whose past time and participle are alike, but different from the present-as beseech, besought; bind, bound; bring, brought; creep, crept; feel, felt; find, found, &c.

3. Verbs whose present and past tense, and past participle are different-as blow, blew, blown; grow, grew, grown; see, saw, seen; slay, slew, slain; take, took, taken; throw, threw, thrown, &c.

4. A few verbs ending with ch, ck, x, p, ll, ess, though regular, suffer a contraction of ed into t-as snatched, snatcht; checked, checkt; snapped, snapt; mixed, mixt; dwelled, dwelt; passed, past. Other verbs have a digraph shortened-as dream, dreamt; feel, felt; mean, meant; sleep, slept; deal, dealt. In some verbs vis changed into fas bereaved, bereft; leave, left. Such contractions are usually found in poetry.

A digraph is the union of two vowels of which one only is pronounced.

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Conjugate the Irregular Verbs bear, begin, beseech, blow, break, bring, burst; cast, choose, clothe, come; deal, dig, draw, drive, dwell; eat; fall, fight, find; fly, flee, forget, forsake; get, gild, give, go, grow; hear, hide, hold; know; lay, lead, leave, lend, lose; make, meet; pay, put; read, ride, rise, run; say, see, seek, send, shine, shoot, sing, sink, slay, slide, smite; take, teach, tear, think, tread; wear, weep, wind, work, write.

Distinguish the Regular from the Irregular Verbs. I wrote to my brother and he answered me. The hunter winds his horn; the hounds pursue their chase. Cold blows the frosty breeze. He pardoned my errors. He stood, and viewed the affecting scene. He sung and danced with equal grace. We performed our duty and got a reward. Strive to learn.

evil; cleave to that which is good.

Abhor that which is

Look at the beautiful

Swear not at all.

landscape, where vegetables grow abundantly. Come and see. Write your name. Read your lesson. Be careful of your books; do not tear them. Awake; arise; or be for ever fallen. coat is brushed. Two and two make four. The streets are swept. Feed the hungry; clothe the naked. The

Bring my hat; my

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