Past Tense of
hospital
hospitalled
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Hospital

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
HStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Hospitalled

11Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
HStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "hospital"

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 hospital regular or irregular?

Hospital is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use hospitalled in a sentence?

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

Does hospitalled change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not hospital" (not "did not hospitalled").

About the past tense of hospital

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

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