Past Tense of
football
footballed
Regular Standard -ed
📄 Regular form · Standard -ed

Base Form Football

8Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
FStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Footballed

10Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
6Consonants
FStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "football"

This verb follows the standard English past tense rule: simply add -ed to the base form.

Grammar Tips

  • Add -ed to form the past tense. Most common rule.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not forget the -ed: "Yesterday I football" should be "footballed."
Frequently Asked Questions

Is football regular or irregular?

Football is regular. It follows the Standard -ed rule.

How do you use footballed in a sentence?

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

Does footballed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not football" (not "did not footballed").

About the past tense of football

The verb football follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, football becomes footballed. This follows the Standard -ed pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why football becomes footballed helps with spelling and pronunciation. This verb follows the standard English past tense rule: simply add -ed to the base form.

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