One-syllable verbs which have a past tense ending in 'ought' or 'aught' Quiz by mathmethman

Verb	Past Tense
	brought
	bought
	caught
	fought
	sought
	taught
	thought

wrought (older form of 'worked', still in occasional use)
wrought (older form of 'worked', still in occasional use)

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Created Aug 21, 2010 in Language
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	chriskotx:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 14:29 GMT		2 points
	What's the present tense of "wrought!?!" arrggghh lol I never heard that it was "work"...gosh. Something new. Good idea for quiz.

	Pit_trout:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 19:43 GMT		6 points
	Wow, I always thought "wrought" was from "wreak"... but looking it up, I guess I was wrong! Maybe include "owe"->"ought" (very archaic as a past tense) as a bonus?

	Shay:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 21:20 GMT		5 points
	Isn't the past tense of beseech 'besought'?

	mantunes339:	Aug 22nd, 2010 at 13:41 GMT		1 point
	@pit_trout: wreak is an archaic german form of the word "work" (in the sense of making, working with or creating; i.e. to work clay into a vase), hence the expressions to wreak havoc, wrought-iron, playwright, etc.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 02:56 GMT		4 points
	I tried "no"; it was for naught.

	mathmethman:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 16:11 GMT		1 point
	I think the past tense of wreak is 'wreaked' - and yes I know the past tense of work is 'worked' but 'wrought' is an old alternative for 'worked', but not (according to my OED) for 'wreaked'.

	mathmethman:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 16:11 GMT		1 point
	I hadn't thought of beseech. I've added 'one-syllable' to avoid this and any others I may have missed.

	TheEquivocator:	Sep 14th, 2010 at 16:32 GMT		1 point
	I had thought that "wrought" was the past tense of the nearly obsolete verb "wright", but looking it up, I found that you were right about "wrought" being a past tense of "work" ("wright" coming from the same source). Even after qualifying that you are only asking for one-syllable words, you still missed "fraught" (past tense of "freight"). Also, technically, "ought" itself should qualify, as a(n auxiliary) verb in both present and past tenses, even if you discount its obsolete senses. "No" and "naught" aren't verbs, though.