Past Tense of
harmful
harmfulled
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Harmful

7Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
5Consonants
HStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Harmfulled

10Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
7Consonants
HStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "harmful"

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 harmful regular or irregular?

Harmful is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use harmfulled in a sentence?

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

Does harmfulled change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not harmful" (not "did not harmfulled").

About the past tense of harmful

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

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