Past Tense of
nav
navved
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Nav

3Letters
1Syllables
1Vowels
2Consonants
NStarts
VEnds

Past Tense Navved

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
NStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "nav"

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 nav regular or irregular?

Nav is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use navved in a sentence?

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

Does navved change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not nav" (not "did not navved").

About the past tense of nav

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

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