Many verbs in English have an irregular past tense. This lesson introduces some of the more common ones.
The English verb be is very irregular in both the present and past tense. The following table shows the past tense of the verb be.
I was | |
he was | |
she was | |
it was | |
we were | |
you were | |
they were |
I was at the store. | 我在店里。 |
He was tired. | 他累了。 |
They were happy. | 他们很高兴(当时)。 |
We were at home. | 我们在家里(当时)。 |
Were they at the beach? | 是他们在海边当时? |
They were not at the beach. | 他们不是在沙滩上在那个时候。 |
The car was dirty. | 这辆车脏了(在较早的时间)。 |
The windows were dirty. | 这辆车脏了(在较早的时间)。 |
A lot of other very common English verbs also have an irregular past tense. The following table shows the past tense for some very common English verbs. Unlike for the verb be, there is only one form of the past tense for these verbs.
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Verb | Past Tense | |
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bring | brought | 带来 |
buy | bought | 买 |
choose | chose | 饮用 |
do | did | 做 |
drink | drank | 饮用 |
eat | ate | 吃饭 |
find | found | 发现 |
go | went | 走 |
get | got | 1) 得到 2) 成为 |
give | gave | 给 |
have | had | 拥有 |
hold | held | 保持, 持有 |
make | made | 使 |
run | ran | 跑 |
sit | sat | 坐 |
say | said | 说 |
stand | stood | 站 |
take | took | 采取 |
tell | told | 告诉 |
think | thought | 认为 |
We brought some cookies. | 我们带来了一些饼干。 |
She drank the coffee. | 她喝了咖啡。 |
I found the keys. | 我找到了钥匙。 |
The cat sat by the window. | 猫坐在窗边。 |
I thought you said something. | 我以为你说了些什么。 |