英语动词的变化比较复杂，动词在使用中有限定体与非限定体两种形式。限定体即通常所说的谓语动词，谓语动词受到主语人称与数量的限定固称为限定体，非限定体即非谓语动词。无论是限定动词，还是非限定动词都有时态与语态的形式变化，其变化都牵涉到动词的分词形式。高考120个不规则变化动词过去式与过去分词变化如下：
序号 原形 中文意思 过去式 过去分词
1 arise 出现 arose arisen
2 awake 醒来 awoke awoken
3 be 表判断 was / were been
4 beat 击打 beat beaten
5 bear 承受 bore born
6 become 变成 became become
7 begin 开始 began begun
8 bend 使弯曲 bent bent
9 bet 打赌 bet bet
10 bite 咬 bit bitten
11 blow 吹 blew blown
12 break 打破 broke broken
13 bring 拿来 brought brought
14 bleed 流血 bled bled
15 build 建造 built built
16 burn 燃烧 burnt / burned burnt / burned
17 buy 买 bought bought
18 cast 抛 cast cast
19 catch 捕捉 caught caught
20 choose 选择 chose chosen
21 come 来 came come
22 cost 花费 cost cost
23 cut 割 cut cut
24 deal 处理 dealt dealt
25 dig 挖 dug dug
26 do 做 did done
27 draw 画，拉，拖 drew drawn
28 dream 做梦 dreamt / dreamed dreamt / dreamed
29 drink 喝 drank drunk
30 drive 驾驶 drove driven
31 eat 吃 ate eaten
32 fall 掉落 fell fallen
33 feed 喂 fed fed
34 feel 触摸 felt felt
35 fight 作战 fought fought
36 find 找出 found found
37 found 建立 founded founded
38 fly 飞 flew flown
39 flee 逃跑 fled fled
40 forbid 禁止 forbade forbidden
41 forget 忘记 forgot forgotten
42 forgive 原谅 forgave forgiven
43 freeze 结冰 froze frozen
44 get 得到,变得 got got
45 give 给 gave given
46 go 去 went gone
47 grow 成长，种植 grew grown
48 hang 悬挂, 绞死 hung / hanged hung/ hanged
49 have / has 拥有 had had
50 hear 听到 heard heard
51 hide 隐藏 hid hidden
52 hit 打击 hit hit
53 hold 拿住 held held
54 hurt 受伤 hurt hurt
55 keep 保持 kept kept
56 know 知道 knew known
57 lay 铺，放，下蛋 laid laid
58 lie 躺，位于 lay lain
59 lie 撒谎 lied lied
60 lead 引导 led led
61 learn 学习 learnt / learned learnt / learned
62 leave 离开，留下 left left
63 lend 借贷 lent lent
64 light 点着 lit / lighted lit / lighted
65 lose 遗失 lost lost
66 make 制作 made made
67 mean 意思是 meant meant
68 meet 碰到 met met
69 mistake 误认为 mistook mistaken
70 misunderstand 误会 misunderstood misunderstood
71 pay 支付 paid paid
72 prove 证实 proved proven
73 put 放置 put put
74 read 读 read read
75 retell 复述 retold retold
76 ride 骑 rode ridden
77 ring 打电话，响铃 rang rung
78 rise 上升 rose risen
79 run 跑 ran run
80 say 说 said said
81 see 看见 saw seen
82 seek 寻求 sought sought
83 sell 卖 sold sold
84 send 送 / 寄 sent sent
85 set 安置，安装 set set
86 sew 缝合 sewed sewn
87 shake 摇 shook shaken
88 shine 发光 shone shone
89 shoot 射击 shot shot
90 show 展示 showed shown
91 shrink 缩水 shrank shrunk
92 sing 唱歌 sang sung
93 sink 下沉 sank sunk
94 sit 坐 sat sat
95 sleep 睡觉 slept slept
96 sow 播种 sowed sown
97 speak 说 spoke spoken
98 spend 花费 spent spent
99 spit 吐出 spat / spit spat / spit
100 spring 跳跃,弹跳 sprang sprung
101 stand 站立 stood stood
102 steal 偷 stole stolen
103 stick 刺，粘贴 stuck stuck
104 strike 撞,击,袭击 struck stricken
105 swear 发誓,咒骂 swore sworn
106 sweep 打扫 swept swept
107 swell 肿胀 swelled swollen
108 swim 游泳 swam swum
109 take 拿 took taken
110 teach 教 taught taught
111 tear 撕裂 tore torn
112 tell 告诉 told told
113 think 思考，认为 thought thought
114 throw 投 ，扔 threw thrown
115 undertake 承担,从事 undertook undertaken
116 wear 穿着 wore worn
117 wake 叫醒 woke woken
118 win 获胜 won won
119 wind 蜿蜒,缠绕 wound wound
120 write 书写 wrote written