Past Tense of
laptop
laptopped
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Laptop

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
LStarts
PEnds

Past Tense Laptopped

9Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
6Consonants
LStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "laptop"

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 laptop regular or irregular?

Laptop is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use laptopped in a sentence?

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

Does laptopped change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not laptop" (not "did not laptopped").

About the past tense of laptop

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

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