Irregular Verbs

Pattern a, a, a - Bare Stem, Simple Past Tense and Past Participle All the Same

by Sally Jennings

"Yesterday" is used for the past, "now" for the present, and "tomorrow" for the future in these sample sentences. Many of these verbs must have an object, for example: The snake shed (object) yesterday. = The snake shed its skin yesterday.

Column One
   Bare Stem
   Use for Present Tense - for 3rd person singular only, add "s" to bare stem - singular subject (verb + s) now.
      John quits now.
      Jane quits now.
      He quits now.
      She quits now.
      It quits now.
   All others, do not add "s" to the bare stem - subject (verb) now.
      They quit now.

Column Two
   Simple Past Tense - do not add anything to verb - subject (verb) yesterday.
      John quit yesterday.
      They quit yesterday.

Column Three
   Past Participle - do not add anything to verb.
      Use for Present Perfect - subject has/have (verb), note: use "has" for 3rd person singular only, all others use "have":
         John has quit. He has quit.
         They have quit.

      Use for Past Perfect - subject had (verb).
         John had quit yesterday.
         They had quit yesterday.

      Use for Future Perfect - subject will have (verb) tomorrow.
         John will have quit tomorrow.
         They will have quit tomorrow.

Column One	Column Two	Column Three
Bare Stem	Simple Past Tense	Past Participle
Present Tense add "s" only for 3rd person singular He (verb + s) now. They (verb) now.	He (verb) yesterday. It (verb) yesterday. They (verb) yesterday.	He has (verb). It has (verb). They have (verb). He had (verb) yesterday. He will have (verb) tomorrow.
bet	bet	bet
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
burst	burst	burst
cast	cast	cast
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
fit	fit	fit
hit	hit	hit
hurt	hurt	hurt
knit	knit	knit
let	let	let
put	put	put
quit	quit	quit
read	read	read
set	set	set
shed	shed	shed
shut	shut	shut
slit	slit	slit
split	split	split
spread	spread	spread
thrust	thrust	thrust
upset	upset	upset
wed	wed	wed

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