Past Tense of
personnel
personnelled
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Personnel

9Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
6Consonants
PStarts
LEnds

Past Tense Personnelled

12Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
8Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "personnel"

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 personnel regular or irregular?

Personnel is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use personnelled in a sentence?

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

Does personnelled change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not personnel" (not "did not personnelled").

About the past tense of personnel

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

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