Past Tense of
popular
popularred
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Popular

7Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
4Consonants
PStarts
REnds

Past Tense Popularred

10Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
6Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "popular"

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 popular regular or irregular?

Popular is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use popularred in a sentence?

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

Does popularred change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not popular" (not "did not popularred").

About the past tense of popular

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

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