巧記不規則動詞的過去式
(1)動詞過去式與原形一樣。
如:put→put, let→let, read→read, cut→cut, hurt→hurt
(2)動詞過去式以-ought結尾。
如:think→thought, buy→bought, bring→brought, fight→fought
(3)動詞過去式以-aught結尾。
如:teach→taught, catch→caught
(4)動詞原形末尾的-ow/-aw,大多變為-ew。
如:know→knew, grow→grew, throw→threw, draw→drew
(5)將動詞原形中的ee變為e,詞尾加-t。
如:keep→kept, feel→felt, sleep→slept, sweep→swept
(6)將動詞原形末尾的-d變為-t。如:build→built, lend→lent, send→sent, spend→spent
(7)將動詞原形中的i改為a或o。如:ring→rang, sit→sat, drink→drank, sing→sang, swim→swam, begin→began, give→gave, ride→rode, drive→drove, write→wrote