Eat Ate
Eaten See
Saw Seen
Write Wrote
Written Give
Gave Given
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Furthermore, Marcella Frank classified the types of irregular verb according to its irregularity. The classification is explained as follows:
Table 2.1 Classification of Irregular Verb by Marcella Frank
1. All Three Principal Parts are different
a. Verbs that have pattern like: sing, sang, sung
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Begin Began
Begun Drink
Drank Drunk
Ring Rang
Rung Sing
Sang Sung
Swim Swam
Swum
b. Verbs that have pattern like: Break, Broke, Broken
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Break Broke
Broken Speak
Spoke Spoken
Steal Stole
Stolen Weave
Wove Woven
c. Verbs that have pattern like: Blow, Blew, Blown
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Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Blow Blew
Blown Grow
Grew Grown
Know Knew
Known Throw
Threw Thrown
d. Verbs that have pattern like: Drive, Drove Driven
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Drive Drove
Driven Ride
Rode Ridden
a rise
a rose a risen
Write Wrote
Written Strive
Strove Striven
e. Verbs that have pattern like: Wear, Wore, Worn
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Wear Wore
Worn Swear
Swore Sworn
Tear Tore
Torn
f. Verbs that have pattern like: Bite, Bit, Bitten
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Bite Bit
Bitten also bit
Hide Hid
Hidden
g. Verbs that have pattern like: Shake, Shook, Shaken
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Shake Shook
Shaken Take
Took Taken
Forsake Forsook
Forsaken Mistake
Mistook Mistaken
h. Verbs that have pattern like: Give, Gave, Given
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Give Gave
Given Forgive
Forgave Forgiven
Forbid Forbad e
Forbidden
i. Verbs that have pattern like: Mow, Mowed, Mown
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Mow Mowed
Mown Show
Showed Shown
sometimes showed Sow
Sowed Sown
j. Miscellaneous
Simple Form Past Tense
Past Participle
Be Was
Been Do
Did Done
Eat Ate
Eaten Fall
Fell Fallen
See Saw
Seen Go
Went Gone
a wake a woke
a waked sometimes a woked
British a woke or a woken
2. Second and Third Principal Parts Are Alike