1）一般情況下，動詞詞尾加 ed ，如： work—worked； play—played；want— wanted； act—acted （2）以不發音的 e 結尾動詞，動詞詞尾加 d，如： live—lived； move—moved； decide—decided； decline—declined； hope—hoped； （3）以子音字母 y結尾的動詞，把y變為i 再加ed，如： studied tried copied justified cried carried embodied emptied （4）以一個子音字母結尾的重讀閉音節動詞，雙寫詞尾子音字母，再加 ed，如： stopped begged fretted dragged dropped planned dotted dripped （5）不規則動詞的過去式 go - went，make - made，get - got ，buy - bought ，come - came ，fly-flew ，is/am-was，are-were ，see-saw，bring-brought，do-did，teach-taught, think-thought, say-said,sit-sat。
read-read, spend-spent, eat-ate,give-gave,sit-sat,tell-told,write-wrote,feel-felt,find-found,hear-heard,know-knew, put-put,grow-grew,take-took,catch-caught,come-came,become-became,swim-swam，sweep—swept，sing—sang，draw—drew，動詞的過去式就這五種情況了。
1）一般情況下，動詞詞尾加 ed ，如： work—worked； play—played；want— wanted； act—acted （2）以不發音的 e 結尾動詞，動詞詞尾加 d，如： live—lived； move—moved； decide—decided； decline—declined； hope—hoped； （3）以子音字母 y結尾的動詞，把y變為i 再加ed，如： studied tried copied justified cried carried embodied emptied （4）以一個子音字母結尾的重讀閉音節動詞，雙寫詞尾子音字母，再加 ed，如： stopped begged fretted dragged dropped planned dotted dripped （5）不規則動詞的過去式 go - went，make - made，get - got ，buy - bought ，come - came ，fly-flew ，is/am-was，are-were ，see-saw，bring-brought，do-did，teach-taught, think-thought, say-said,sit-sat。
read-read, spend-spent, eat-ate,give-gave,sit-sat,tell-told,write-wrote,feel-felt,find-found,hear-heard,know-knew, put-put,grow-grew,take-took,catch-caught,come-came,become-became,swim-swam，sweep—swept，sing—sang，draw—drew，動詞的過去式就這五種情況了。