英語動詞按其過去式和過去分詞的構成方式可分為規則動詞和不規則動詞。規則動詞的過去式和過去分詞由詞尾加ed構成，而不規則動詞的變化因詞而異。但如對不規則動詞的過去式和過去分詞做一分析，就可發現其中的“規則”。為方便同學們記憶，現將國中英語教學大綱中的69個不規則動詞的原形、過去式和過去分詞列出並規為五種類型。同學們還可將第二、三類分為若干組，以便準確記憶。
一、aaa型（原形、過去式和過去分詞同形）：
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
let let let
put put put
read read read
二、abb型（過去式與過去分詞同形）：
bring brought brought
build built built
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
dig dug dug
feel felt felt
find found found
get got got
have had had
hear heard heard
hold held held
keep kept kept
※learn learnt learnt
leave left left
lend lent lent
make made made
meet met met
pay paid paid
say said said
sell sold sold
send sent sent
shine shone shone
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
※smell smelt smelt
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
teach taught taught
tell told told
think thought thought
understand understood
understood
三、abc型（原形、過去式和過去分詞各異）：
be was/were been
begin began begun
blow blew blown
break broke broken
do did done
draw drew drawn
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
fly flew flown
forget forgot forgotten
give gave given
go went gone
grow grew grown
know knew known
lie lay lain
ride rode ridden
ring rang rung
see saw seen
show showed shown
sing sang sung
speak spoke spoken
swim swam swum
take took taken
throw threw thrown
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
write wrote written
四、aba型（原形與過去分詞同形）：
become became become
come came come
五、aab型（原形與過去式同形）：
beat beat beaten
（註：帶※號的詞也可視為規則動詞。）