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Pronunciation Regular verbs

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Spelling rules for Regular Verbs

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Pronunciation Regular verbs Online version

Spelling rules for Regular Verbs

by Patricia Guzman
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Pronunciation Regular verbs Rule 1

 The past form of regular verbs ends in - d, - ed, or - ied.  Here are  some guidelines for spelling. 

1. Add -d to the base form.

This happens when the base form ends in a vowel and one or more consonants plus


 diced,

 dozed,

 dyed, 

hated, 

hoped, 

joked,

 lived,

 noted, 

paced, 

pasted, 

raced, 

raised,

 surprised,

 tasted, 

typed, 


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Rule 2

 Rule 2

 Change -y to -i and add -ed.

This happens when a verb ends in a consonant and y:

apply / applied;

 bully / bullied; 

bury / buried;

carry / carried;

 copy / copied; 

cry / cried;

dry / dried;

 worry / worriedT

This does not happen when a verb ends in a vowel and y:

 annoy / annoyed;  

bray / brayed;

 destroy / destroyed;

employ / employed;

 enjoy / enjoyed;

fray / frayed; 

gray / grayed; 

obey / obeyed;

play / played; 

pray / prayed; 

prey / preyed;

stay / stayed;

 stray / strayed; 


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Rule 3

Rule  3 

Double the final consonant and add -ed if there is a single stressed vowel before the final consonant.

Examples :

 ban / banned; 

can / canned;

 hem / hemmed;

mop / mopped;

 pin / pinned; 

sip / sipped;

trap / trapped; 

wad / wadded; 

whip / whipped;

prefer / preferred; 


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