Past Tense of
drainage
drainaged
Regular -d Addition
📄 Regular form · -d Addition

Base Form Drainage

8Letters
2Syllables
4Vowels
4Consonants
DStarts
EEnds

Past Tense Drainaged

9Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
DStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "drainage"

Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

Grammar Tips

  • Words ending in -e only need -d added.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not add -ed to words ending in -e. Use -d only.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is drainage regular or irregular?

Drainage is regular. It follows the -d Addition rule.

How do you use drainaged in a sentence?

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

Does drainaged change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not drainage" (not "did not drainaged").

About the past tense of drainage

The verb drainage follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, drainage becomes drainaged. This follows the -d Addition pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why drainage becomes drainaged helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

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