This verb follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern. The final consonant is doubled before adding -ed to maintain the short vowel sound.
What is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.
Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she whatted to the store."
No. Use "did not what" (not "did not whatted").
The verb what follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, what becomes whatted. This follows the Consonant Doubling pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.
Understanding why what becomes whatted 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 whatted 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 whatted to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I whatted, you whatted, he/she whatted, we whatted, they whatted.