How to Use Irregular Verbs
不规则动词是指不遵循正常时态和过去分词模式的动词。虽然大多数英语规则动词的过去式和分词形式都以“-ed”结尾,但不规则动词都有自己独特的时态和过去分词。
不规则动词是现代英语中最难的部分之一,因为它们都有点不同。由于没有公式,说英语的人别无选择,只能记住每一个单词,以及它们特殊的动词形式。
为了帮助你,下面我们列出了常见的不规则动词及其时态形式,并简要解释了它们是什么以及如何使用。
What are irregular verbs?
你可以说不规则动词是“遵循自己的规则”的动词。规则动词遵循现代英语的标准语法规则,加“-ed”或“-d”构成过去时和过去分词形式。然而,当不规则动词作为一个句子的主动词时,它们的不同动词形式是完全原创的。(提醒一下:过去分词是现在完成时的形式。)
为了让你明白我们的意思,让我们“跳舞”和“唱歌”吧!这对组合是一个很好的例子,可以看出它们的区别:“dance”是规则动词,而“sing”是不规则动词。
结合“dance”,没有什么大的惊喜或技巧;你只需要使用和大多数其他动词相同的公式。要创建简单过去时和过去分词形式,只需添加“-ed”,或者在本例中只添加“-d”,因为基本形式已经以e结尾。
Base | Simple Past Tense | Past Participle |
dance | danced | danced |
然而,“Sing”是不规则的,所以正常的规则不起作用。你不能用" singed ",因为这是这个动词的错误形式。相反,“sing”既有独特的过去式,也有独特的过去分词形式。要知道如何变位“唱”,唯一的方法就是记住它的特殊形式。
Base | Simple Past Tense | Past Participle |
sing | sang | sung |
在实践中,你可以用这样的词形来结尾:
We sang and danced all night.
I have sung opera before, but I have never danced to it.
She prefers music sung by professionals.
不管动词是规则的还是不规则的,一般现在时的变化都是一样的。这包括在第三人称单数时加“-s”或“-es”。注意某些例外情况,比如动词“Be”,也有特殊的现在时形式。
Base | Present Tense | Simple Past Participle | Past Participle |
be | am, is, are | was, were | been |
像“be”一样,很多其他连系动词也是不规则的,比如“become”和“feel”。而且,不规则动词既可以作及物动词,也可以作不及物动词,也可以用作祈使动词。
Strong vs. weak verbs
不规则动词和规则动词经常与强动词和弱动词混淆,尽管它们非常相似。
强动词是指在过去时态中改变元音的动词,比如“sing”中的i在过去时态中变成了a。另一方面,弱动词在过去时态中元音保持不变,比如dance中的a。
记住这些规则,我们可以看到所有强动词都是不规则的。这种混淆来自弱动词,因为一些弱动词也是不规则的。不规则弱动词最常见的一个例子是“sleep”:
Base | Simple Past Tense | Past Participle |
sleep | slept | slept |
虽然“sleep”有自己特殊的过去式和过去分词形式(“slept”),但它仍然以e为主要元音,使其成为弱动词。
同样,完全不变的不规则动词,如“bet”或“spread”,也是弱动词。你可以在下面找到一个完整的不规则动词不变列表。
List of irregular verbs in English
想要英语不规则动词列表?下面我们列出了常见的不规则动词,以帮助你学习,并为你提供一个快速参考资源,以防你后来忘记了一个(注意,下图中的动词过去时是美式英语的形式;在英式英语中有一些不同)。
我们不列出不规则动词的动词时态,只提到一般过去时和过去分词形式,以及词根。你所做的任何动词变位都将使用这三种形式之一。
请注意,带前缀的不规则动词(例如“resell”或“undo”)使用与它们的基础词相同的不规则形式(例如“resold”或“undid”)。
此外,你会注意到一些不规则动词根本不会改变——基本时态、一般过去时和过去分词形式都是同一个词。
Base | Simple Past Tense | Past Participle |
arise | arose | arisen |
awake | awoke | awoken |
be | was/were | been |
bear | bore | borne |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bend | bent | bent |
bet | bet | bet |
bind | bound | bound |
bid | bid | bid |
bite | bit | bitten |
bleed | bled | bled |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
build | built | built |
burst | burst | burst |
buy | bought | bought |
cast | cast | cast |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
cling | clung | clung |
come | came | come |
cost | cost | cost |
creep | crept | crept |
cut | cut | cut |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dig | dug | dug |
dive | dove/dived | dived |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
dream | dreamed (sometimes “dreamt”) | dreamed (sometimes “dreamt”) |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
flee | fled | fled |
fling | flung | flung |
flt | flew | flown |
forbid | forbade | forbidden |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | got |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grind | ground | ground |
grow | grew | grown |
hang | hung (sometimes “hanged”) | hung (sometimes “hanged”) |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hide | hid | hidden |
hit | hit | hit |
hold | held | held |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt | knelt |
know | knew | known |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
let | let | let |
lie (as in “lie down”) | lay | lain |
light | lit/lighted | lit/lighted |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
mistake | mistook | mistaken |
mow | mowed | mown/mowed |
overtake | overtook | overtaken |
pay | paid | paid |
proofread | proofread | proofread |
put | put | put |
quit | quit | quit |
read | read | read |
reset | reset | reset |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
seek | sought | sought |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
set | set | set |
sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
shake | shook | shaken |
shave | shaved | shaven |
shed | shed | shed |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | showed | shown |
shrink | shrank | shrunk |
shut | shut | shut |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
slay | slew | slain |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
sling | slung | slung |
sneak | snuck (sometimes “sneaked“) | snuck (sometimes “sneaked”) |
sow | sowed | sown/sowed |
speak | spoke | spoken |
speed | sped | sped |
spend | spent | spent |
spill | spilt/spilled | spilt/spilled |
spin | spun | spun |
spit | spat | spat |
split | split | split |
spread | spread | spread |
spring | sprang | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
stink | stank | stunk |
strike | struck | struck |
string | strung | strung |
strive | strove | striven |
swear | swore | sworn |
sweep | swept | swept |
swell | swelled | swollen/swelled |
swim | swam | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tear | tore | torn |
think | thought | thought |
throw | threw | thrown |
thrust | thrust | thrust |
tread | trod | trodden |
understand | understood | understood |
upset | upset | upset |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove | worn |
weave | wove | woven |
weep | wept | wept |
wet | wet/wetted | wet/wetted |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
wring | wrung | wrung |
write | wrote | written |
Common irregular verbs that don’t change
大多数动词,包括规则动词和不规则动词,有不同时态的不同动词形式。我们增加字母或改变拼写来帮助交流;它帮助听者或读者理解你是在谈论现在、过去还是未来。
然而,某些动词根本不改变动词形式。现在、过去和过去分词形式使用相同的单词和相同的拼写。因为这些单词不遵循正常的规则,所以它们也被认为是不规则的。
你可以在上面的图表中找到这些词,但为了加快你的搜索速度,我们也将它们包括在下面的列表中:
- bet
- bid
- broadcast
- burst
- cast
- cost
- cut
- hit
- hurt
- let
- proofread (see “read”)
- put
- read (past and past participle are spelled the same but pronounced differently)
- reset
- set
- shed
- shut
- split
- spread
- thrust
- upset
- wet