Past Tense of
graduates
graduatessed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Graduates

9Letters
3Syllables
4Vowels
5Consonants
GStarts
SEnds

Past Tense Graduatessed

12Letters
4Syllables
5Vowels
7Consonants
GStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "graduates"

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 graduates regular or irregular?

Graduates is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use graduatessed in a sentence?

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

Does graduatessed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not graduates" (not "did not graduatessed").

About the past tense of graduates

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

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