Past Tense of
battery
batteried
Regular -ied Conversion
📄 Regular form · -ied Conversion

Base Form Battery

7Letters
3Syllables
2Vowels
5Consonants
BStarts
YEnds

Past Tense Batteried

9Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
BStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "battery"

Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.

Grammar Tips

  • Change -y to -ied when a consonant precedes it.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not simply add -ed. Change -y to -ied.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is battery regular or irregular?

Battery is regular. It follows the -ied Conversion rule.

How do you use batteried in a sentence?

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

Does batteried change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not battery" (not "did not batteried").

About the past tense of battery

The verb battery follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, battery becomes batteried. This follows the -ied Conversion pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why battery becomes batteried helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.

When using batteried 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 batteried to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I batteried, you batteried, he/she batteried, we batteried, they batteried.