一般过去式构成：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：
一般情况下，动词词尾加 -ed ，如：
worked played wanted acted
以不发音的 -e 结尾动词，动词词尾加 -d，如：
lived moved decided declined hoped judged raised wiped
以辅音字母 + y结尾的动词，把-y变为-i 再加-ed，如：
studied tried copied justified cried carried embodied emptied
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：
stopped begged fretted dragged dropped planned dotted dripped 注：不规则动词的过去式变化规律性不强，须多加记忆。
go - went make - made get - got buy - bought come - came fly-flew
英语不规则动词过去式、过去分词表
（1）AAA型（动词原形、过去式、过去分词同形）
cost（花费）cost cost
cut（割） cut cut
hit（打）hit hit
hurt 伤害）hurt hurt
let（让）let let
put（放）put put
read （读）read read
（2） AAB型（动词原形与过去式同形）
beat（跳动）beat beaten
（3） ABA型（动词原形与过去分词同形）
become（变成）became become
come（来）came come
run（跑）ran run
（4） ABB型（过去式与过去分词同形）
dig（挖）dug dug
get（得到）got got
hang（吊死）hanged hanged hang（悬挂）hung hung
hold（抓住）held held
shine（照耀）shone shone
sit（坐）sat sat
win （赢）won won
meet（遇见）met met
keep （保持）kept kept
sleep（睡）slept slept
sweep（扫）swept swept
feel（感觉）felt felt
smell（闻）smelt smelt
leave（离开）left left
build（建设）built built
lend（借出）lent lent
send （传送）sent sent
spend（花费）spent spent
lose （丢失）lost lost
burn （燃烧）burnt burnt
learn（学习）learnt learnt
mean（意思是）meant meant
catch（抓住）caught caught
teach（教）taught taught
bring（带来）brought brought
fight （战斗）fought fought
buy（买）bought bought
think（想）thought thought
hear （听见）heard heard
sell（卖）sold sold
tell（告诉）told told
say（说）said said
find（找到）found found
have/has（有）had had
make（制造）made made
stand（站）stood stood
understand明白understood understood
（5） ABC型（动词原形、过去式与过去分词三者不同形）
begin（开始）began begun
drink（喝）drank drunk
ring（铃响）rang rung
sing （唱）sang sung
swim（游泳）swam swum
blow（吹）blew blown
draw（画）drew drawn
fly（飞）flew flown
grow（生长）grew grown
know（知道）knew known
throw（投掷）threw thrown
show（出示）showed shown
break（打破）broke broken
choose（选择）chose chosen
forget（忘记）forgot forgotten （forgot）
speak（说，讲）spoke spoken
wake（醒）woke woke
drive（驾驶）drove driven
eat（吃）ate eaten
fall（落下）fell fallen
give（给）gave given
rise（升高）rose risen
take（取）took taken
mistake（弄错）mistook mistaken
ride（骑）rode ridden
write（写）wrote written
do（做）did done
go（去）went gone
lie（平躺）lay lain
see（看见）saw seen
wear（穿）wore worn
be （ am, is, are ）（是）was, were been