What are some examples of strong verbs?

Answer 1

There are numerous vivid verbs, but here are a few: abandon, abbreviate, beautify, clarify, jingle, sacrifice, weaken, zigzag. Vivid verbs are used to bring movement and pictures to the reader.

Answer 2

Examples of strong verbs (British English)

• sing - sang - sung
• break - broke - broken
• run - ran - run
• hit - hit - hit
• bite - bit - bitten
• grow - grew - grown
• come - came - come
• write - wrote - written
• arise-arose-arisen
• beget-begot-begotten

Strong verbs are the very common verbs like be, go, run and take, to name a few, that do not form the past tense by adding -ed to the stem. Instead, strong verbs change at least the vowel and sometimes the entire stem: was/were for be; went for go; ran for run; took for take, etc.

Comment The key feature of a strong verb is (usually) that the simple past tense and the past participle do not end in -ed (or -t used in place of -ed). Often the stem vowel changes, too.

Answer 3

Some examples of Vivid Verbs:

allows contributes

exemplifies exists

exposes results

reveals expresses

heightens illuminates

illustrates conveys

marks necessitates

creates demonstrates

denotes attempts

attributes

Answer 4

walked - zigzagged

threw- chuck

liked- loved

drove- raced

walked- jumped

hurried- rushed

ran- jumped roped

Answer 5

Walk strolled meander saunter jogged