Past Tense of
captor
captorred
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Captor

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
CStarts
REnds

Past Tense Captorred

9Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
6Consonants
CStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "captor"

This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.

Grammar Tips

  • Double the final consonant before adding -ed.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not forget to double the final consonant.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is captor regular or irregular?

Captor is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use captorred in a sentence?

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

Does captorred change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not captor" (not "did not captorred").

About the past tense of captor

The verb captor follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, captor becomes captorred. This follows the Consonant Doubling pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why captor becomes captorred helps with spelling and pronunciation. This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.

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