The Simple Past Verb Tense Spelling Rules for Adding ed Endings

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The Simple Past Verb Tense Spelling Rules for Adding ed Endings

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the simple past verb tense spelling rules for adding Ed endings for many verbs you only need to add the Ed ending for example work worked wash washed help helped needed when verb ends with silent add to the end of the word for example live lived dance danced like liked use used when verb ends in change the to and add for example the word study ends in we change the to and add so study becomes studied carry carried copy copied exception if the comes after vowel do not change the to so the word enjoy the comes after the letter is vowel so we do not change the to so enjoy enjoyed stay Ed delay delayed if verb ends in consonant vowel consonant double the final consonant and add the word stop the word stop ends in is consonant is vowel is another consonant so to add we first double the and then add stop stopped plan Planned admit admitted refer referred exception number one do not double the final consonant for words ending in or for example the word mix mix is consonant vowel consonant however because it ends in we do not double the final consonant when we add mix mixed enjoy enjoyed snow snowed exception number two if two-syllable verb ends in consonant vowel consonant do not double the final consonant when the stress is on the first syllable for example the word happen happen ends in consonant vowel consonant but the stress on the word happen is on the first syllable so we add Ed we do not double the final consonant happen happened enter entered offer offered so you may be thinking this is confusing and you're right it is even for native speakers sometimes so what can you do when you're writing spell check can help you you can use word list and I'll put word list in the kahoot course and in the YouTube video show notes and also you can look in the dictionary that can be very helpful hope this video was helpful thank you very much thank you