两种不同过去分词的不同用法：

动词原形/过去式

过去分词1

(构成完成时态)

过去分词2

（用作形容词或它用）

例          句

get/ got

got/gotten（美式）

gotten用作定语时只能用gotten

gotten可以用作定语“得到的：

His gotten money in a month is too less to meet his need.

light/lit

lit

lighted作定语是只能用lighted.

The fire was caused by a lighted match.(作定语)

The fire is lit/lighted (放在be动词后作表语都可以)

rot/rotted

rotted

rotten作定语是只能用rotten

Food that has rotted is rotten.(rotted构成完成时)

We can’t eat rotten food. （作定语或表语）

shrink/shrunk

shrunk

shrunken都可以

shrunken可用作定语“皱缩的、缩小的”:

She has a shrunken face.

The old had shrunken cheeks.

drink/drank

drunk

drunken作定语

I met a drunken man on the way. （作定语）

He is drunk. And he is dead drunk under the influence of hard liquor.(可以用作表语或补足语)

strike/struck

struck

Stricken构成合成词

The herds were struck by an epidemic.(构成被动语态)

The farmer was struck by a snake. .(构成被动语态)

The premier visited the earthquake-stricken area.(作定语)

sink/sank

sunk

sunken只能用作定语

His cheeks have sunk in.(构成完成时态)

He was sunk in thought. (做表语)

The old man has sunken cheeks.(作定语)

bend/bent

bended很少用这个形式

bent

They are bent on learning English well.(可以作表语和定语) （bended少用作定语,bended很少使用）

bless/blessed

blessed/blest

blessed用作表语或定语

blessed多用作定语“有福的”或“该死的”

The three old persons are blessed ones.

Will the blessed rain stop soon?

melt/melted

melt

molten只能用作定语

molten用作定语“融化的”：

The molten steel is flowing into the chute.

同一动词有不同的词义，规则变化和不规则变化之间有的词义区别很大：

动词原形

过去式

过去分词

 例              句

bear生、出生

bore

born作表语

出生于、天生的，生来的

He was born in 1994.

He is a Chinese-born American scientist.

She was born in Canada.

bear生产，怀有；承担、负担;仍受

bore

borne

She has borne three children.

She bears deep proletarian revolutionary spirit for the people.

The donkey bears a heavy burden every day.

We must bear the responsibility of teaching students English well and easily.

He is always the first to bear hardships.

I can’t bear for you to say such a thing before me.

The expense should be borne by our company.

lie躺,存在，位于

lay

lain

He is lying on a bed.

Snow lies thick on the field.

A bright future lies ahead.

Korea lies to the east of china.

lie撒谎

lied

lied

You are lying, I guess.

He lied about the accident to me.

He is a bad man. He always lies.

hang绞死

hanged

hanged

Hang you! 该死！

The bad man was hanged last year.

hang挂,垂下

hung

hung

He hung a picture on the wall.

The hall is hung with red flags.

Please hang the door on the hinge.

He hung his head and admitted his guilt.

bind捆绑、凝固

be bound to一定要; be bound for某地

bound

be bound to do 一定…；注定…;将要…

They are bound to carry out the plan.

This is a bound volume of China Daily.

We are bound to succeed.

He is bound for Beijing.

Where are you bound for?

bound限制、毗邻;跳跃，

bounded

bounded位于…; 蹦跳

Jiangsu is bounded on the south by Zhejiang.

His heart bounded fast with joy.

The dog bounded towards the gate.