Past Tense of
passes
passessed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Passes

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
PStarts
SEnds

Past Tense Passessed

9Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
6Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "passes"

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 passes regular or irregular?

Passes is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use passessed in a sentence?

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

Does passessed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not passes" (not "did not passessed").

About the past tense of passes

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

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