This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.
Hop-skip is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.
Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she hop-skipped to the store."
No. Use "did not hop-skip" (not "did not hop-skipped").
The verb hop-skip follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, hop-skip becomes hop-skipped. This follows the Consonant Doubling pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.
Understanding why hop-skip becomes hop-skipped 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 hop-skipped 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 hop-skipped to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I hop-skipped, you hop-skipped, he/she hop-skipped, we hop-skipped, they hop-skipped.