不规则动词的过去式和过去分词不是通过加 -ed 构成的,例如 go — went — gone、buy — bought — bought。下表按照变化方式将动词分组。同一组内的动词遵循相同模式,因此遇到新动词时,可以类比记忆,不必逐个死记硬背。
但很多人背熟了表格,一到造句还是会写出 I have went、Did you saw it?、The window was broke。形式记住了,却还没学会在组织句子时选对形式。LetsWords 练的正是这一步:你用动词造句,训练器指出动词形式和语法上的错误,给出修改并解释原因,再通过间隔复习巩固学习成果。
附中文意思的不规则动词表
第一列是原形,第二列是过去式(Past Simple),第三列是过去分词(Past Participle,也就是“第三种形式”)。
分组:三种形式相同 · 过去式与过去分词相同 · 三种形式不同 · 原形与过去分词相同。
三种形式完全相同
最简单的一组:动词完全不变形。
| 动词 | Past Simple | Past Participle | 中文意思 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cost | cost | cost | 花费 |
| cut | cut | cut | 切、剪 |
| hit | hit | hit | 击打、击中 |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | 伤害、疼痛 |
| let | let | let | 允许 |
| put | put | put | 放、摆 |
| quit | quit | quit | 辞去(工作)、戒掉(习惯) |
| read | read | read | 阅读 |
| set | set | set | 设置、放置 |
| shut | shut | shut | 关闭 |
| spread | spread | spread | 传播、扩散 |
read 的三种形式拼写相同,读音却不同:[riːd] — [red] — [red]。
过去式与过去分词相同
这是最大的一组。记住过去式,也就知道了过去分词。在组内按相近的发音来学会更方便:bring, buy, catch, fight, teach, think 都变成 -ought / -aught。
| 动词 | Past Simple | Past Participle | 中文意思 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bring | brought | brought | 带来 |
| buy | bought | bought | 购买 |
| catch | caught | caught | 抓住、赶上 |
| fight | fought | fought | 斗争、打架 |
| teach | taught | taught | 教、教授 |
| think | thought | thought | 想、思考 |
| feel | felt | felt | 感觉 |
| keep | kept | kept | 保存、继续 |
| leave | left | left | 离开、留下 |
| meet | met | met | 遇见 |
| sleep | slept | slept | 睡觉 |
| lead | led | led | 带领、领导 |
| feed | fed | fed | 喂养 |
| mean | meant | meant | 意味着、意指 |
| build | built | built | 建造 |
| lend | lent | lent | 借出 |
| send | sent | sent | 发送 |
| spend | spent | spent | 花费、度过(时间) |
| lose | lost | lost | 失去、输掉 |
| make | made | made | 做、制作 |
| pay | paid | paid | 付款 |
| say | said | said | 说 |
| lay | laid | laid | 放置、摆好(餐桌) |
| have | had | had | 拥有 |
| hear | heard | heard | 听见 |
| hold | held | held | 握住、举行(会议) |
| find | found | found | 找到 |
| sit | sat | sat | 坐 |
| stand | stood | stood | 站立 |
| understand | understood | understood | 理解 |
| tell | told | told | 讲述、告知 |
| sell | sold | sold | 出售 |
| win | won | won | 赢 |
| get | got | got (AmE gotten) | 得到、变得 |
| light | lit | lit | 点燃 |
| hang | hung | hung | 悬挂 |
| stick | stuck | stuck | 粘贴、卡住 |
| shoot | shot | shot | 射击、拍摄 |
| learn | learned / learnt | learned / learnt | 学习、得知 |
Learnt 用于英式英语,美式英语通常用 learned。两种形式都正确。
三种形式各不相同
这些动词需要把三种形式一起记住,但其中仍有规律。Begin, drink, ring, sing, swim 的元音按 i — a — u 变化:sing — sang — sung。许多动词的过去分词带有 -n:take — taken、write — written、know — known。
| 动词 | Past Simple | Past Participle | 中文意思 |
|---|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | been | 是、存在 |
| begin | began | begun | 开始 |
| drink | drank | drunk | 喝 |
| ring | rang | rung | 响、按铃 |
| sing | sang | sung | 唱歌 |
| swim | swam | swum | 游泳 |
| do | did | done | 做 |
| go | went | gone | 去、前往 |
| see | saw | seen | 看见 |
| give | gave | given | 给 |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | 原谅 |
| take | took | taken | 拿、取 |
| eat | ate | eaten | 吃 |
| fall | fell | fallen | 落下 |
| write | wrote | written | 写 |
| drive | drove | driven | 驾驶、开车去 |
| ride | rode | ridden | 骑(马、自行车) |
| rise | rose | risen | 上升、增长 |
| hide | hid | hidden | 藏、躲藏 |
| bite | bit | bitten | 咬 |
| speak | spoke | spoken | 说话 |
| break | broke | broken | 打破、弄坏 |
| choose | chose | chosen | 选择 |
| steal | stole | stolen | 偷 |
| shake | shook | shaken | 摇动、握(手) |
| wake | woke | woken | 醒来、叫醒 |
| freeze | froze | frozen | 结冰 |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | 忘记 |
| know | knew | known | 知道 |
| grow | grew | grown | 生长、种植 |
| throw | threw | thrown | 扔 |
| blow | blew | blown | 吹 |
| fly | flew | flown | 飞 |
| draw | drew | drawn | 画 |
| show | showed | shown | 展示 |
| wear | wore | worn | 穿(衣服) |
| tear | tore | torn | 撕 |
| lie | lay | lain | 躺 |
原形与过去分词相同
这一组很小:过去分词与原形相同。因此,常见错误是 I have came,正确写法则是 I have come。
| 动词 | Past Simple | Past Participle | 中文意思 |
|---|---|---|---|
| come | came | come | 来 |
| become | became | become | 成为 |
| run | ran | run | 跑、管理 |
什么位置该用什么形式
形式背熟了,放错位置也没用。记住四条规则就够了。
- 过去式只用于一般过去时的肯定句。 I went to the gym yesterday.
- did 和 didn’t 后用原形。 did 已经表示过去,不需要再标记一次:Did you go?、I didn’t go。
- have、has、had 后用过去分词。 I have gone、She has written、We had left。
- 被动语态以及用作形容词时,也用过去分词。 The window was broken、a broken window、It was written in 1990。
背熟表格后仍会犯的常见错误
I have went to London.→ I have been to London. have 后需要过去分词:去过那里用 been,去了那里尚未回来用 gone。Went 是过去式,使用时不带助动词:I went to London last year。Did you saw the message?→ Did you see the message? did 后用原形。否定句也会出现同样的错误:I didn’t knew→ I didn’t know。The window was broke.→ The window was broken. 被动语态用过去分词。I laid on the sofa all evening.→ I lay on the sofa all evening. 这里混淆了两个动词:lie — lay — lain 表示“躺”,lay — laid — laid 表示“放置某物”:I laid the book on the table。I have drank too much coffee today.→ I have drunk too much coffee today. drink, begin, swim, sing 的过去式和过去分词只差一个字母,很容易混淆。
其他容易混淆的词组:rise / raise、fell / felt、borrow / lend、win / beat、rob / steal。
这些错误,知道表格的人照样会犯。按顺序回忆 drink — drank — drunk 很容易;在组织句子的过程中选对形式,则是另一种能力。
怎样学不规则动词,才能真正用起来
- 按组学习,不按字母顺序背。 先学形式相同的一组,再学 bring — brought — brought 及类似动词,然后学 i — a — u 模式。这样,新动词就能依托已经熟悉的变化规律来记忆。
- 每次学 5–7 个动词。 眼下需要的动词,比另外八十个更有用。
- 马上用这些动词写与自身经历有关的句子。 不只是背“go — went — gone”,而是写出 I went to Chengdu last summer 和 I have never been to Japan。Hulstijn 和 Laufer比较了三种学习新词的任务:阅读、阅读并填空、作文。作文后的单词记忆效果最好。
- 主动回忆,而不是反复重读。 遮住表格,看着中文意思回忆各个形式。Karpicke 和 Roediger表明,反复从记忆中提取信息,有助于长期记住所学内容。
- 检查造句时使用的动词形式。 像 I have went 这样的错误,你很可能察觉不到:因为 went 是“过去式”,看起来似乎没错。对写出的句子进行分析,就能指出这个问题,LetsWords 的练习正是建立在这一步之上。
LetsWords 反馈示例:have 后的 choose
你正在学 choose,于是写下一个关于个人经历的句子:
I have chose this university last year because of its business school.
反馈会指出什么。 两个错误,都与动词形式有关。
- have 后需要过去分词 chosen,而不是 chose。
- 但句子明确指出过去的时间(last year)时,不用现在完成时(Present Perfect)。这里需要一般过去时(Past Simple),也就是动词的过去式。
修改后的句子:
I chose this university last year because of its business school.
反馈解释了规则,也能帮助你写接下来的句子:事件与过去的具体时间相连,用 chose;如果重点是现在的结果,用 have chosen:
I have chosen a topic for my thesis, so now I can start writing.
对着表格,你可能会正确说出 choose 的三种形式,却仍然看不出这个错误。亲自使用动词后,问题才显现出来。
为什么用 LetsWords 学不规则动词更方便
表格、单词卡和“选择正确形式”的题目,训练的是识别:选项已经摆在眼前,只需找出正确答案。说话和写作时没有提示,你要在表达想法的过程中自行选对形式。LetsWords 练的正是这件事。
- 亲自使用动词。 从学习词集中选一个动词,比如当前正在学的表格分组,用它造句,然后获得反馈:形式是否正确,是否需要换一种结构,怎样说更自然。反馈用中文解释错误,有简短和详细两种形式,也会考虑你的目标是备考还是一般英语。
- 不用绞尽脑汁想写什么。 句子生成器会按你选择的难度提供一个中文句子,你再用需要练习的动词把它译成英文。
- 动词会反复出现,直到形式变得熟练。 复习时先看中文意思,再主动回忆动词,用它写一个新句子。间隔复习会让这个动词在一段时间后再次出现。
- 想学的动词和其他词汇都放在一起。 表格、电视剧和工作邮件中遇到的动词,都能加入学习收藏,在 LetsWords 词汇训练器中像其他词汇一样练习。
这样,你不再只是按顺序说对 went、gone 和 been,在说话和写作时也不再混淆。如何将这种方法用于其他词汇,可以看关于主动词汇的文章。
开始用 LetsWords 练习不规则动词。开始时,回答有关目标和水平的问题,LetsWords 会为你选择合适的练习。付款前可以先体验反馈。
