Spelling Rules
Mary W. Ng
July 24, 2009
The Past Form and the Past Participle of Irregular Verbs for Words Beginning with S
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| saw | sawed | sawn |
| sawed | sawed | |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sew | sewed | sewn |
| sewed | sewed | |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shear | sheared | shorn |
| sheared | sheared | |
| shed | shed | shed |
| shine | shone | shone |
| shine (polish) | shined | shined |
| shoe | shod | shodden |
| shod | shod | |
| shoed | shoed | |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | shown |
| showed | showed | |
| shred | shred | shred |
| shredded | shredded | |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| shrive | shrove | shriven |
| shrived | shrived | |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew | slain |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slide | slid | slid |
| sling | slung | slung |
| slink | slunk | slunk |
| slinked | slinked | |
| smell | smelt | smelt |
| smelled | smelled | |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| smote | smit | |
| sneak | snuck | snuck |
| sneaked | sneaked | |
| sow | sowed | sown |
| sowed | sowed | |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| speed | sped | sped |
| speeded | speeded | |
| spell | spelt | spelt |
| spelled | spelled | |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spill | spilt | spilt |
| spilled | spilled | |
| spin | spun | spun |
| spit | spat | spat |
| spit | spit | |
| split | split | split |
| spoil | spoilt | spoilt |
| spoiled | spoiled | |
| spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| stand | stood | stood |
| stave | stove | stove |
| staved | staved | |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | stung |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| stunk | stunk | |
| strew | strewed | strewn |
| strewed | strewed | |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| strike | struck | struck |
| struck | stricken | |
| string | strung | strung |
| strive | strove | striven |
| strived | strived | |
| sublet | sublet | sublet |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| sweat | sweat | sweat |
| sweated | sweated | |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swell | swelled | swollen |
| swelled | swelled | |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |