Past Tense of
injure
injured
Regular -d Addition
📄 Regular form · -d Addition

Base Form Injure

6Letters
2Syllables
3Vowels
3Consonants
IStarts
EEnds

Past Tense Injured

7Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
4Consonants
IStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "injure"

Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

Grammar Tips

  • Words ending in -e only need -d added.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not add -ed to words ending in -e. Use -d only.
Frequently Asked Questions

Is injure regular or irregular?

Injure is regular. It follows the -d Addition rule.

How do you use injured in a sentence?

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

Does injured change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not injure" (not "did not injured").

About the past tense of injure

The verb injure follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, injure becomes injured. This follows the -d Addition pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why injure becomes injured helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in -e simply add -d to form the past tense. This is the most straightforward regular rule.

When using injured 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 injured to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I injured, you injured, he/she injured, we injured, they injured.