ON REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS.

REGULAR.

A verb that's regular you'll see,
And understand quite easily,

From e-d in the past;

We say

"I love," or past, "I loved,"

"I prove just now," or past, "I proved" His love to me at last.

Uneducated people say

"I see'd a man the other day
Who throwed away a bat;

Now you all know the past of see, Then tell me what it ought to be? Ch. "I saw the man do that.

IRREGULAR.

M. Then what's the past of throw? Ch. 'Tis threw.
Tell me the past of blow? Ch. 'Tis blew.

The wind blew yesterday.

M. Well these verbs did not take e-d,

They are irregular, you see,

Each has a different way.

The Irregular are so peculiar that they must be inserted here, and the pupil will learn a few every day. Thus

PRESENT.

Bereave

Beseech

Bestride

PAST.

PRES. PART. PERFECT PART.

bereft, bereaved bereaving bereft, bereaved
besought beseeching besought
bestrid, bestrode bestriding bestridden,

Forget

Forsake

forgot, forgat forgetting forgotten, forgot

forsook forsaking forsaken