不规则动词分为几个类型，每个类型中又分若干组，每组中各词变化形式的共同点，以帮助记忆。
1. A---A---A型（现在式、过去式和过去分词同形）
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
c ost cost cost 花费
c ut cut cut 割，切
h it hit hit 打
l et let let 让
p ut put put 放下
r ead read read 读
h urt hurt hurt 伤
2. A---A---B型（现在式和过去式同形）
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
b eat beat beaten 打
3. A---B---A型（现在式和过去分词同形）
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
c ome came come 来
b ecome became become 变
r un ran run 跑
4. A ---B ---B型
（1）在动词原形后加一个辅音字母d或t构成过去式或过去分词。
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
b urn burnt burnt 燃烧
l earn learned/learnt learned/learnt 学习
m ean meant meant 意思
h ear heard heard 听见
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
b uild built built 建筑
l end lent lent 借给
l ose lost lost 失去
s end sent sent 送
s pend spent spent 花费（3）其他
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
p ay paid paid 付
l ay laid laid 下蛋
s ay said said 说
b ring brought brought 带来
b uy bought bought 买
t hink thought thought 想
sleep slept slept 睡
k eep kept kept 保持
s weep swept swept 扫
s tand stood stood 站
u nderstand understood understood 明白
w in won won 得胜
s hine shone/shined shone/shined 发光catch caught caught 抓住t each taught taught 教
f eel felt felt 觉得
f ight fought fought 战斗
g et got got/gotten 得到
h ang hanged/ hung hanged/ hung 绞死/ 挂h ave had had 有
h old held held 盛，握l eave left left 离开
m ake made made 制造m eet met met 遇见s ell sold sold 卖
s hoot shot shot 射击t ell told told 告诉
s mell smelt/smelled smelt/smelled 嗅，闻
s it sat sat 坐
d ig dug dug 挖
5. A---B---C型（现在式、过去式和过去分词都不相同）
（1）在动词原形后加-n或-en构成过去分词。
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
e at ate eaten 吃
f all fell fallen 落下
s teal stole stolen 偷
g ive gave given 给
f reeze froze frozen 冻结t ake took taken 拿
s ee saw seen 看见
write wrote written 写
r ide rode ridden 骑
t hrow threw thrown 抛，扔
b low blew blown 吹
g row grew grown 生长
k now knew known 知道
fly flew flown 飞
d raw drew drawn 拉，绘画
s how showed shown 展示
（2）过去式加-n或-en构成过去分词。
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
s peak spoke spoken 说话
b reak broke broken 破碎，折断
w ake waked/ woke waked/ waken 醒
c hoose chose chosen 选择
f orget forgot forgotten 忘记
（3）变单词在重读音节中的元音字母“i”分别为“a”（过去式）和“u”（过去分词）。
动词原形（现在式）过去式过去分词
b egin began begun 开始
r ing rang rung 按铃
s ing sang sung 唱
s ink sank sunk 沉
s wim swam swum 游泳
d rink drank drunk 饮
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。——诸葛亮
