Past Tense of
grateful
gratefulled
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Grateful

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
GStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Gratefulled

11Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
GStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "grateful"

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 grateful regular or irregular?

Grateful is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use gratefulled in a sentence?

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

Does gratefulled change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not grateful" (not "did not gratefulled").

About the past tense of grateful

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

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