This is completely a new approach about verbs in forms. Have a glance and feel free perhaps having any kinda comments. V.MAHENDIRAN AUTHOR

1. CATEGORIES OF VERB FORMS
Author: V.MAHENDIRAN M.A.,M.A.,ELT.,TFL
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3.  ABSTRACT
 Verb is well known that a word which gives
an action to a sentence and every verb
functions as four forms such as present
form, past form, past participle form and
present participle form.
 Based on the variation of spelling of forms,
in my approach, verbs are categorized as
five types than two types what world English
pattern says. Let’s go ahead to Introduction
to gather more.

4.  INTRODUCTION
 Verbs are categorized as weak and strong (or)
regular and irregular based on variation in
spelling of verb forms in academic pattern
probably worldwide. Being similar in spelling
past form and past participle form particularly
ending as ‘ …ed ‘ is known as weak or regular
verbs. Others are known as strong or irregular
verbs- is obviously followed academically.
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5.  Here, my approach brings a clear cut
method in form segregation.
 I would say that there are five categories in
verbs. They are,
 REGULAR VERBS
 SEMI REGULAR 1 VERBS
 SEMI REGULAR 2 VERBS
 SEMI REGULAR 3 VERBS
 IRREGULAR VERBS

6.  REGULAR VERBS
 Verbs of which present form past form and past
participle are similar in spelling eg. put put put
putting / spread spread spread spreading / cut
cut cut cutting / set set set setting / hit hit hit
hitting/ etc are known Regular verbs. Spellings
in first three forms are regular, aren’t they? So, it
is called in this approach regular verbs but it is
called in world English pattern irregular verbs or
strong verbs. No a very big volume of verbs is in
this category. Let’s see them in a table.

7. present form past form past participle
form
present
participle form
put put put putting
cut cut cut cutting
let let let letting
shut shut shut shutting
spread spread spread spreading
telecast telecast telecast telecasting
broad cast broad cast broad cast broad casting
cast cast cast casting
hit hit hit hitting
spit spit spit spitting
split split split splitting
slit slit slit slitting

8.  SEMI REGULAR 1 VERBS
 Verbs of which past form and past participle forms
are similar in spelling eg. talk talked talked talking /
walk walked walked walking /cry cried cried crying /
study studied studied studying / teach taught taught
teaching / catch caught caught catching/ etc are
known semi regular 1 verbs as two forms’ spellings
are regular. But of this ‘ed’ ending is called regular
verbs or weak verbs in world English pattern. There is
a very big volume of verbs in this category. Let’s see
them in a table.
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9. Present form Past form Past participle
form
Present
participle
form
talk talked talked talking
walk walked walked walking
open opened opened opening
close closed closed closing
cry cried cried crying
study studied studied studying
carry carried carried carrying
bury buried buried burying
teach taught taught teaching
catch caught caught catching
sleep slept slept sleeping
think thought thought thinking

10.  SEMI REGULAR 1 can be divided as 3
sections such as ‘ed ending’, ‘ied ending’ and
‘solid ending’.
 SR 1…… ‘ed ending’
 TALK WALK OPEN CLOSE KNOCK FINISH
START RUB ERASE FACE BOWL BAT
FIELD IRON PLAY MOVE etc are known ‘ed
ending’ as they end as‘ed’ in the suffix of past
and past participle forms.

11. talk talked talked talking
walk walked Walked walking
open opened Opened opening
close closed closed opening
knock knocked Knocked knocking

12.  SR 1…… ‘ied ending’
 CRY STUDY CARRY BURY SPECIFY
SIGNIFY TERRIFY MODIFY etc are known
‘ied ending’ as they end as ‘ied’ in the suffix
of past and past participle forms.

13. cry cried cried crying
study studied studied studying
carry carried carried carrying
bury buried buried burying
specify specified specified specifying

14.  SR1 ….solid ending
 TEACH CATCH SLEEP THINK FIND
BUY BRING STAND etc are known ‘solid
ending’ as they do not end as said above but
solidly in the suffix of the past and past
participle forms.

15. teach taught taught teaching
catch caught caught catching
sleep slept slept sleeping
think thought thought thinking
find found found finding
teach taught taught teaching

16.  SEMI REGULAR 2 VERBS
 Verbs of which present form and past participle
form are similar in spelling e.g. come came
come coming / run ran run running / become
became become becoming / etc are known
semi regular 2 verbs as two forms’ spellings are
regular. But it is called irregular verbs or strong
verbs in world English pattern. Only a few verbs
are found in this category. See the table follows.

17. present
form
past form past
participle
form
present
participle
form
come came come coming
run ran run running
become became become becoming
overcome overcame overcome overcoming

18.  SEMI REGULAR 3 VERBS
 Verbs of which present form and past form
are similar in spelling in present form e.g.
beat beat beaten beating are known semi
regular3 verbs as two forms’ spelling are
regular. But it is called irregular or strong
verbs in standard pattern. Rarely verbs are
found in this category.

19. Present
form
Past
form
Past
participle
form
Present
participle
form
beat beat beatn beating

20.  IRREGULAR VERBS
 Verbs of which forms are varying with each
other among four forms e.g. write wrote
written writing/ speak spoke spoken speaking
/ drive drove driven driving / go went gone
going/ etc are known irregular verbs as
spellings are seen irregular with each other.
This is called the same in the world English
pattern. A very big volume of verbs can be
found in this category.

21. present form past form past participle
form
present
participle
form
write wrote written writing
speak spoke spoken speaking
drive drove driven driving
go went gone going
take took took taking
swim swam swum swimming
ring rang rung ringing
sing sang sung singing
wake up woke up woken up waking up
give gave given giving
draw drew drawn drawing
see saw seen seeing

22.  CONCLUSION
 REGULAR------------------------similar spelling in present, past and
past participle forms
 SEMI REGULAR 1 -------------similar spelling in past and past
participle forms
 [3 branches:]
 ed ending, ied ending, solid ending]
 SEMI REGULAR 2 -------------similar spelling in present and past
participle form
 SEMI REGULAR 3--------------similar spelling in present and past
forms
 IRREGULAR---------------------each form has different spelling
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23. NEW PATTERN (MY
PATTERN)
STANDRD PATTERN
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR / STRONG VEBS
SEMI REGULAR 1 VERBS
‘ed’ ending
‘ied’ ending
‘Solid’ ending
REGULAR/WEAK VERBS
IRREGULAR / STRONG VEBS
IRREGULAR / STRONG VEBS
SEMI REGULAR 2 VERBS IRREGULAR / STRONG VEBS
SEMI REGULAR 3 VERBS IRREGULAR / STRONG VEBS
IRREGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR / STRONG VEBS

24.  EXERCISE
 Read the following verbs given in the present
form, write the subsequent forms and identify in
which category every verb belongs to on both
pattern.
 pursue, create, abuse, return, seek, sorrow,
predict, travel, stand, flee, leave, sit, put, am, fly,
forbid, do, have, cost cut dream, deal dive,
drive, meet, eat, drink, pick, burst, come, beat.
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25. ANSWER:
Present form Past form Past participle form Present participle
form
Category- Standard pattern Category- New pattern*
pursue pursued pursued pursuing Regular(weak) SR1‘ed’
create created created creating Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
abuse abused abused abusing Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
return returned returned returning Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
seek sought sought seeking Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
sorrow sorrowed sorrowed sorrowing Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
predict predicted predicted predicting Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
travel travelled travelled travelling Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
stand stood stood standing Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
flee fled fled fleeing Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
leave left left leaving Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
sit sat sat sitting Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
put put put putting Irregular(Strong) R
am was been being Irregular(Strong) IRR
fly flew flown flying Irregular(Strong) IRR
forbid forbade forbidden forbidding Irregular(Strong) IRR
do did done doing Irregular(Strong) IRR
have had had having Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
cost cost cost costing Irregular(Strong) R
cut cut cut cutting Irregular(Strong) R
dream dreamt dreamt dreaming Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
deal dealt dealt dealing Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
dive dived dived Diving Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
drive drove driven Driving Irregular(Strong) IRR
meet met met Meeting Irregular(Strong) SR1 ‘solid’
eat ate eaten eating Irregular(Strong) IRR
drink drank drunk drinking Irregular(Strong) IRR
pick picked picked picking Regular(Weak) SR1 ‘ed’
burst burst burst bursting Irregular(Strong) R
come came come coming Irregular(Strong) SR 2
beat beat beaten beating Irregular(Strong) SR 3

26.  R = Regular
 SR1 ‘ed’ = Semi regular1 ‘ed’ ending
 SR1 ‘ied’ = Semi regular2 ‘ied’ ending
 SR1 ‘solid’= Semi regular solid ending
 SR2 = Semi regular2
 SR3 = Semi regular3
 IRR = Irregular

27.  APPENDIX
 Sometimes some verbs like learn, dream,
spell, get, forget, kneel etc would belong to
more than one category. See the table
follows.

28. Present
form
Past
form
Past
Part.form
Present
Part.form
category
learn learned / learnt learned / learnt learning SR1 ed /
solid
dream dreamed / dreamt dreamed/ dreamt dreaming SR1 ed /
solid
Spell Spelled
/spelt
Spelled
/spelt
spelling SR1 ed / solid
get got Got/gotten getting SR1solid
/IRR
forget forgot Forgot/
forgotten
forgetting SR1solid
/IRR
kneel Kneeled
/knelt
Kneeled
/knelt
kneeling SR1 ed / solid

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 Professor in English
 The Director
 MIMSE GLOBAL ENGLISH
 Nagapattinam
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 Mail: poigaimahi@gmail.com
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