〔動詞の活用の例〕(比較的似ているものをまとめました。)
(1)cast/cast/cast投げる let/let/letさせる shut/shut/shut閉める
set/set/set置く put/put/put置く cut/cut/cut切る
hit/hit/hit打つ hurt/hurt/hurt傷つける cost/cost/cost費用がかかる
burst/burst/burst破裂する thrust/thrust/thrust押す shed/shed/shed流す
split/split/split裂く・割れる spit/spit/spit or spit/spat/spat吐く
sweat[swet]/sweat/sweat汗をかく spread[spred]/spread/spread広がる
bróadcast/bróadcast/bróadcast放送する upsét/upset/upset覆す
(2) bet/bet/bet or bet/betted/betted賭ける
knit/knit/knit or knit/knitted/knitted 編む
fórecast/fórecast/fórecast or fórecast/fórecasted/fórecasted予報する
télerecast/télecast/télecast or télecast/télecasted/télecastedテレビで放送する
quit/quit/quit or quit/quitted/quitted [kwit]やめる
(3)beat/beat/beaten,beat打つ
(4)keep/kept/kept保つ sleep/slept/slept眠る sweep/swept/swept掃除する
creep/crept/crept這う deal/dealt/dealt扱う kneel/knelt/kneltひざまづく
mean/meant/meant意味する weep/wept/wept泣く lose/lost/lost失う
burn/burned/burned(US. pp. adj use: burnt) or burn/burnt/burnt燃える
speed/sped/sped or speed/speeded/speeded急ぐ
leap[li:p]/leapt/leapt or leap/leaped/leaped[lept/li:pt]跳ねる
swell/swelled/swelled, swollen膨れる
(5)lend/lent/lent貸す send/sent/sent送る spend/spent/spent過ごす・費やす
bend/bent/bent曲げる build/built/built建てる spill/spilt/spilt(液体・粉末を)こぼす
(6)buy/bought/bought買う seek/sought/sought求める fight/fought/fought戦う
bring/brought/broughtもたらす think/thought/thought考える
(7)catch/caught/caught捕らえる teach/taught/taught教える
(8)read/read[red]/read[red] feed/fed/fed養う
lead/led/led導く breed/bred/bred育てる flee/fled/fled逃げる
(9)find[faind]/found/found 見つける
bind[baind]/bound/bound結ぶ (*found[faund]/founded/founded設立する)
wind[waind]/wound/wound巻く (bound[baund]/bounded/bounded飛び跳ねる)
grind[graind]/ground/ground砕く(*wound[wu:nd]/wounded/wounded傷つける)
(10)spin/spun/spun or spin/span/spun紡ぐ stick/stuck[stʌk]/stuck付着する
dig/dug[dʌg]/dug掘る strike/struck[strʌk]/struch打つ・殴る
hang/hung[hʌŋ]/hung吊るす (*hang/hanged/hanged絞殺する)
swing/swung/swung揺れる wring/wrung/wrung絞る
sting/stung/stung刺す string/strung/strung:縛る・数珠繋ぎする:
cling/clung/clungくっつく fling/flung/flung投げる
wring/wrung/wrungねじる・絞る
(11)sing/sang/sung歌う ring/rang/rung鳴る begin/began/begun始める
drink/drank/drunk swim/swam/swum泳ぐ
spring/sprang/sprung跳ねる
sink/sank/sunk or sink/sunk/sunk,sunken沈む
stink/stank/stunk or stink/stunk/stunkにおう
(12)wear/wore/worn着る bear/bore/born生む bear/bore/borne運ぶ
tear/tore/torn[tea]破る・裂く swear/swore/sworn神に誓う
(13)speak/spoke/spoken話す steal/stole/stolen盗む
freeze/froze/frozen凍る
weave/wove/woven or weave/wove/wove織る
cleave/clove/cloven裂く (cleave/cleaved/cleavedくっつく)
fall/fell/fallen落ちる (*fell/felled/felled切り倒す)
(14)write/wrote/written smite/smote/smitten打つ ride/rode/ridden乗る
stride/strode/stridden大股で歩く rise/rose/risen上がる drive/drove/driven
strive/strove/striven[strivn]努力する
(15)hide/hid/hidden隠す slide/slid/slid(den)滑る bite/bit/bitten,bit噛む
bid/bade, bad [beid, bæd]/bidden or bid/bid/bid命じる
forbíd/forbáde/forbídden or forbid/forbad/forbid禁じる
(16)know/knew/known知っている throw/threw/thrown投げる
grow/grew/grown成長する
blow/blew/blown吹く *fly/flew/flown飛ぶ slay/slew/slain殺害する
(17)break/broke/broken壊す freeze/froze/frozen凍る
choose/chose/chosen選ぶ
(18)shine/shone/shone輝く (*shine/shined/shined磨く)
(19)take/took/taken shake/shook/shaken振る・震える
mistáke/mistook/mistaken間違える
undertáke/undertook/undertaken引き受ける・請け負う eat/ate/eaten食べる
(20)give/gave/given与える forgíve/forgave/forgiven許す
(21)draw/drew/drawn引く・描く withdráw/withdrew/withdrawn退く
(22)stand/stood/stood立つ understánd/understood/understood理解する
(23)come/came/come become/became/become
overcóme/overcame/overcome克服する・勝つ(*welcome/welcomed/welcomed)
(24)see/saw/seen見える saw/sawed/sawn,sawed鋸でひく
sew[sou]/sewed/sewn,sewed縫う
sow/sowed/sown,sowed種をまく weave/wove/woven, wove織る
show/showed/shown,showed示す
(25)go/went/gone行く undergó/underwént/undergóne経験する
(26)lie/lay/lain横たわる *lie/lied[laid]/lied嘘をつく
lay/laid[leid]/laid横たえる pay/paid[peid]/paid支払う
(27)say/said[sed]/said言う unsáy/unsaid/unsaid取り消す
(28)sell/sold/sold tell/told/told語る hold/held/held
(29)get/got/got,gotten得る forgét/forgot/forgot,forgotten忘れる
(30)wake/woke/woken or wake/waked/waked目覚める
awake/awoke/awoke or awake/awoked/awoked目覚める
(31)find/found[faund]/found見つける wind[waind]/wound/wound曲がる・巻く
(32)light/lit/lit or light/lighted[láitid]/lighted火をつける