Past Tense of
provides
providessed
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Provides

8Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
5Consonants
PStarts
SEnds

Past Tense Providessed

11Letters
4Syllables
4Vowels
7Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "provides"

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 provides regular or irregular?

Provides is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use providessed in a sentence?

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

Does providessed change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not provides" (not "did not providessed").

About the past tense of provides

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

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