Past Tense of
experience
experienced
Regular -d Addition
📄 Regular form · -d Addition

Base Form Experience

10Letters
3Syllables
5Vowels
5Consonants
EStarts
EEnds

Past Tense Experienced

11Letters
4Syllables
5Vowels
6Consonants
EStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "experience"

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 experience regular or irregular?

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

How do you use experienced in a sentence?

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

Does experienced change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not experience" (not "did not experienced").

About the past tense of experience

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

Understanding why experience becomes experienced 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 experienced 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 experienced to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I experienced, you experienced, he/she experienced, we experienced, they experienced.