Past Tense of
institutes
institutessed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Institutes

10Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
6Consonants
IStarts
SEnds

Past Tense Institutessed

13Letters
5Syllables
5Vowels
8Consonants
IStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "institutes"

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 institutes regular or irregular?

Institutes is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use institutessed in a sentence?

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

Does institutessed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not institutes" (not "did not institutessed").

About the past tense of institutes

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

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