常用不规则动词的过去式:am/is---was(是)are---were(是)become---became(成为,变成)bear---bore(忍受)begin---began(开始)break---broken(打坏,打破)buy---bought(买)bring---brought(带来)can---could(能,会)come---came(来)catch---caught(揪住,抓住)cost---cost(花费)cut---cut(砍,切)do/does---did(做)drink---drank(喝)draw---drew(画)drive---drove(驾驶,开车)eat---ate(吃)feel---felt(感觉)fly---flew(飞行)find---found(发现,找到)forget---forgot(忘记)get---got(得到)give---gave(给予)go---went(走,去)have/has---had(有)grow---grew(成长,种植)hear---heard(听见)lend---lent(借给)know---knew(知道,了解)leave---left(离开,留下)let---let(让)learn---learned/learnt(学习)lie---lay(躺下)lose---lost(丢失)make---made(制造,制作)meet---met(遇见)may---might(可以)must---must(必须)pay---paid(付钱,赔偿)put---put(放)read---read(读)ride---rode(骑,乘)run---ran(跑)ring---rang(钟,铃响,鸣)say---said(说)see---saw(看见)sell---sold(卖)shall---should(将)sing---sang(唱)sit---sat(坐)sleep---slept(睡)smell---smelt(嗅,闻)speak---spoke(说)stand---stood(站)swim---swam(游泳)spell---spelt(拼读,拼写)teach---taught(教)wear---wore(穿戴)take---took(带去,拍照,乘)win---won(获胜)write---wrote(写)think---thought(想,思考)will---would(将,愿)spend---spent(花费,度过)sweep---swept(打扫)tell---told(告诉)表示一般过去式的动词通常用动词的过去式形式来表示,而动词的过去式是在动词原形的基础上变化的。动词的过去式可分为规则动词和不规则动词。规则动词的过去式变化如下:(1)一般情况下,动词词尾加ed,如:work-worked;play-played;want-wanted;act-acted(2)以不发音的e结尾动词,动词词尾加d,如:live-lived;move-moved;decide-decided(3)以辅音字母+y结尾的动词,把y变为i再加ed,如:study-studied;try-tried;carry-carried;cry-cried;empty-emptied(4)以一个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节动词,双写词尾辅音字母,再加ed,如:stop-stopped;beg-begged;drop-dropped;plan-planned