1. PRESENTPAST PAST PARTICIPLE PAST PARTICIPLE GIVEGAVEGIVEN TAKETOOKTAKEN BREAKBROKEBROKEN SHAKESHOOKSHAKEN WAKEWOKEWOKEN BRINGBROUGHTBROUGHT BUYBOUGHTBOUGHT SEEKSOUGHTSOUGHT BURNBURNTBURNT BUILDBUILTBUILT MEETMETMET READREADREAD BLEEDBLEDBLED LEADLEDLED CUTCUTCUT LETLETLET PUTPUTPUT SETSETSET WALKWALKEDWALKED TALKTALKEDTALKED WEAK VERBS STRONG VERBS FORMS OF MAIN VERBS IRRUGULARVERBS IRRUGULARVERBS

2. STRONG VERB a main verb that does not need a ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘ed’ to give its past and past participle forms is called as a strong verb Examples. GIVE - GAVE GIVEN TAKE- TOOK TAKEN BREAK - BROKEBROKEN

3. Generally a main verb that needs a ‘t’ or ‘d’ to give its past and past participle forms is called as a weak verb A main verb that loses an ‘e’ from its usual form to give the past and past participle forms is called as a weak verb e.g. read - read - read, bleed – bled- bled 3. A verb that does not change its usual form in all the three forms is also called as a weak verb e.g. cut, set, put 4. A main verb that needs an ‘ed’ to form its past and past participle form is called as a weak verb. e.g. walk-walked-walked, render-rendered-rendered What is a weak verb?