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shook shaken shed shed shed shoe shod shod sing sang sung sit sat sat slay slew slain sink sank sunk speak spoke spoken _Name-form Past Tense Past Participle_ steal stole stolen swim swam swum take took taken teach taught taught tear tore torn throw threw thrown tread trod trod or trodden wake woke or waked woke or waked wear wore worn weave wove woven write wrote written NOTES.--_Ought_ has no past participle. It may then never be used with an auxiliary. _I had ought to go_ is incorrect. The idea would be amply expressed by _I ought to go_. MODEL CONJUGATIONS of the verbs _to be_ and _to see_ in all forms are given under Sec.77 at the end of this chapter. EXERCISE 29 _In the following sentences change the italicized verb so as to use the past tense, and then so as to use the past participle:_ Example: (Original sentence), _The guests begin to go home._ (Changed to past tense), _The guests began to go home._ (Changed to past participle), _The guests have begun to go home._ 1. Our books _lie_ on the mantel. 2. John _comes_ in and _lays_ his books on the desk. 3. I _see_ the parade. 4. He _runs_ up the road. 5. They _set_ their chairs in a row. 6. The noise _wakes_ me. 7. Caesar _bids_ him enter. 8. If they _prove_ their innocence, they should be discharged. 9. His friends _plead_ strongly for him. 10. Do you know what they _mean_ by that? 11. I _awake_ early every morning. 12. He _begins_ to think of strange things. 13. The children _beseech_ me to go with them. 14. My mother _bids_ me to say t
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