一般過去時的謂語動詞應該用過去式,以ed結尾的過去式是規則的,但也有一些動詞是不規則的,如is(was), get(got), write(wrote), think(thought), begin(began), put(put), shake(shook), ride(rode), sleep(slept), understand(understood), speak(spoke), drink(drank)等等。
一般過去時的不變規則動詞
AAA型(動詞原形、過去式與過過分詞同形):
cost(花費) cost cost
cut(割) cut cut
hit(打) hit hit
hurt 傷害) hurt hurt
let(讓) let let
put(放) put put
read (讀) read read
set (設置)set set
AAB型(動詞原形與過去式同形)
beat(跳動) beat beaten
(3) ABA型(動詞原形與過去分詞同形)
become(變成) became become
come(來) came come
run(跑) ran run
不規則動詞的過去式
1、改變動詞中的元音
begin→began drink→drank come→came eat→ate grow→grew run→ran know→knew win→won speak→spoketake→took write→wrote get→got
2、變詞尾的–d 為–t build→built lend→lent send→sent spend→spent bend→bent
3、與動詞原形一樣 cut→cut put→put cost→cost hurt→hurt shut→shut
4、變-ay 為-aid (少數動詞) say→said pay→paid lay→laid
5、採用不同詞根sell→sold teach→taught buy→bought
6、其他。如:am/is→was are→were have/has→had do→