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😐 Shows a feeling ⏳ Past tense ending 🎒 Means 'having'
-ed

-ed

1 1.0
Added to a regular verb to show the action happened in the past
  • other
  • Specialized
: -ed
  • The verb 'walk' becomes 'walked' to indicate the action happened in the past.

Examples

  • Where weak verbs are those that form the past by adding the past tense by adding a dental suffix like the Ed of Modern English walk walked.

  • In this approach, if a word ends in things like Ed, ING, or LY, we would remove the ending.

  • When she finished reading, she closed the book and looked satisfied.

  • The children are exced with joy after opening their presents.

Synonyms

past-tense morpheme
vs-ed
  • Specialized
7.7

An ending or small change to a verb that shows it happened before now

is used only on regular verbs and also forms the past participle

Surface Forms

-ed main

Etymology

-Ed is the regular ending for verbs to show the past, like 'walked' or 'baked'. It comes from old endings that meant 'done' or 'finished', so -ed tells you the action happened before now.