Past Tense of
job
jobbed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Job

3Letters
1Syllables
1Vowels
2Consonants
JStarts
BEnds

Past Tense Jobbed

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
JStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "job"

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 job regular or irregular?

Job is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use jobbed in a sentence?

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

Does jobbed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not job" (not "did not jobbed").

About the past tense of job

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

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