Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.
Early is regular. It follows the -ied Conversion rule.
Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she earlied to the store."
No. Use "did not early" (not "did not earlied").
The verb early follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, early becomes earlied. This follows the -ied Conversion pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.
Understanding why early becomes earlied 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 earlied 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 earlied to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I earlied, you earlied, he/she earlied, we earlied, they earlied.