Grammar: Word classes: Verbs: Verb formation
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Irregular verbs | |
-en ending for past participle
Note the following patterns. The past simple is not marked with an -en suffix but the past participle is marked with -en. There is typically a change from the base vowel in either the past simple or the past participle:
| base form | past simple |
past participle |
| break choose eat fall forget give speak take |
broke chose ate fell forgot gave spoke took |
broken chosen eaten fallen forgotten given spoken taken |
-n endings
There is a slight variant to this pattern where the past participle is marked with -n (plus typically a change from the base vowel in either the past simple or the past participle):
| base form | past simple |
past participle |
| grow know see wear |
grew knew saw wore |
grown known seen worn |
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