Past Tense of
basketball
basketballed
Regular Standard -ed
📄 Regular form · Standard -ed

Base Form Basketball

10Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
7Consonants
BStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Basketballed

12Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
8Consonants
BStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "basketball"

This verb follows the standard English past tense rule: simply add -ed to the base form.

Grammar Tips

  • Add -ed to form the past tense. Most common rule.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not forget the -ed: "Yesterday I basketball" should be "basketballed."
Frequently Asked Questions

Is basketball regular or irregular?

Basketball is regular. It follows the Standard -ed rule.

How do you use basketballed in a sentence?

Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she basketballed to the store."

Does basketballed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not basketball" (not "did not basketballed").

About the past tense of basketball

The verb basketball follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, basketball becomes basketballed. This follows the Standard -ed pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why basketball becomes basketballed helps with spelling and pronunciation. This verb follows the standard English past tense rule: simply add -ed to the base form.

When using basketballed in writing, remember that it functions as a past tense verb and typically appears with time markers like yesterday, last week, or ago. For example: "Yesterday, she basketballed to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I basketballed, you basketballed, he/she basketballed, we basketballed, they basketballed.