Past Tense of
homes
homessed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Homes

5Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
3Consonants
HStarts
SEnds

Past Tense Homessed

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
HStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "homes"

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 homes regular or irregular?

Homes is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use homessed in a sentence?

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

Does homessed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not homes" (not "did not homessed").

About the past tense of homes

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

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