Past Tense of
person
personned
Regular Consonant Doubling
📄 Regular form · Consonant Doubling

Base Form Person

6Letters
2Syllables
2Vowels
4Consonants
PStarts
NEnds

Past Tense Personned

9Letters
3Syllables
3Vowels
6Consonants
PStarts
DEnds

How to Form the Past Tense of "person"

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 person regular or irregular?

Person is regular. It follows the Consonant Doubling rule.

How do you use personned in a sentence?

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

Does personned change in negative sentences?

No. Use "did not person" (not "did not personned").

About the past tense of person

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

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