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2 Other adverbs (literary style)
In descriptive writing and story-telling, other adverbs of place can come
at the beginning of a clause, followed by verb + subject.
Under a tree was sitting the biggest man | have ever seen.
On the bed lay a beautiful young girl.
3 Reporting (literary style)
In books, the subject often comes after verbs like said, asked in
reporting direct speech.
‘What do you mean?’ asked Henry.
If the subject is a pronoun, it comes before the verb.
‘What do you mean?’ he asked.
186 irregular verbs
1 This is a list of common irregular verbs. You may like to learn them by
heart.
Infinitive Simple past Past participle
arise arose arisen
awake awoke awoken
be was, were been
beat beat beaten
become became become
begin began begun
bend bent bent
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
burn burnt/burned burnt/burned
buy bought bought
can could/was able been able
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
deal /di:1/ dealt /delt/ dealt /delt/
dig dug dug
do did done
draw drew drawn
