Past Tense of
intelligent
intelligented
Regular Standard -ed
📄 Regular form · Standard -ed

Base Form Intelligent

11Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
IStarts
TEnds

Past Tense Intelligented

13Letters
5Syllables
5Vowels
8Consonants
IStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "intelligent"

This verb follows the standard English past tense rule: simply add -ed to the base form.

Grammar Tips

  • Add -ed to form the past tense. Most common rule.

Common Mistakes

  • Do not forget the -ed: "Yesterday I intelligent" should be "intelligented."
Frequently Asked Questions

Is intelligent regular or irregular?

Intelligent is regular. It follows the Standard -ed rule.

How do you use intelligented in a sentence?

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

Does intelligented change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not intelligent" (not "did not intelligented").

About the past tense of intelligent

The verb intelligent follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, intelligent becomes intelligented. This follows the Standard -ed pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.

Understanding why intelligent becomes intelligented helps with spelling and pronunciation. This verb follows the standard English past tense rule: simply add -ed to the base form.

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