Simple Past Spelling Rules – Regular Verbs
| Spelling Rule to be applied | Infinitive | Simple Past |
| Infinitive = add ed Infinitive ending with E, add D | visit call start love arrive | visited called started loved arrived |
| Vowel + Y = add ED | enjoy play stay pray annoy | enjoyed played stayed prayed annoyed |
| Consonant + Y Replace the Y with IED | study spy carry try hurry cry worry | studied spied carried tried hurried cried worried |
| One syllable verb with Consonant + Vowel + Consonant Double the LAST Consonant and add ED EXCEPTION: verbs ending in X or W, add ED | stop plan rob mix fix sew row | stopped planned robbed mixed fixed sewed rowed |
| Two syllable verbs with stress on the last syllable Double the LAST Consonant and add ED | occur admit | occurred admitted |
| Verbs ending in C, add K and ED | mimic picnic panic | mimicked picnicked panicked |
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