Past Tense of
shop
shopped
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Shop

4Letters
1Syllables
1Vowels
3Consonants
SStarts
PEnds

Past Tense Shopped

7Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
5Consonants
SStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "shop"

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 shop regular or irregular?

Shop is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use shopped in a sentence?

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

Does shopped change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not shop" (not "did not shopped").

About the past tense of shop

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

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