180. A Regular Verb forms its Past Tense and Past Participle by adding ed to the Present Tense, as: Present Tense, I walk; Past Tense, I walked; Past Participle, walked. But if the Present Tense ends in e, that e is omitted before ed, as: Present Tense, I move; Past Tense, I mov-ed; Past Participle, mov-ed. 181. An Irregular Verb is one that does not form its Past Tense and Past Participle by adding ed to the Present Tense, as 182. Every complete English verb has SIX SIMPLE PARTS:—namely, the Present Tense, the Past Tense, the Imperative Mood, the Infinitive Mood, the Present Participle, and the Past Participle. 183. The first three simple parts, namely: the Present Tense, the Past Tense, and the Imperative Mood, are called the Finite Parts of the verb (see § 162); and the other three parts, namely, the Infinitive Mood and the two Participles are called the Infinite or Indefinite Parts of the verb (see $163). 184. The Present Tense, the Past Tense, and the Past Participle, are called the PRINCIPAL PARTS of the Verb, because it is by their means that Irregular Verbs are distinguished from Regular Verbs. "To conjugate a verb" often means to repeat these three Principal Parts. LESSON XX. Irregular Verbs. 185. The Irregular Verbs may be divided into three classes: namely— (1) Those which have the Present Tense, the Past Tense, and the Past Participle the same, as Present Tense, I cut; Past Tense, I cut; Past Participle, cut. (2) Those which have only the Past Tense and Past Participle the same, as, Present Tense, I bring; Past Tense, I brought; Past Participle, brought.-and (3) Those which have the three principal parts different, as Present Tense, I sing; Past Tense, I sang; Past Participle, sung. 186. The following are examples of the First Class : Also the verbs: to put, to cut, to shut, to hit, to slit, to spit, to split, to let, to set, to rid, to shed, to shred, to spread, to hurt, to thrust. 187. Irregular Verbs of the Second Class are more numerous. The following are those which are in common use : |