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The Past Tense of Cry Is Cried: The Y-to-IED Rule and the Cried/Tried Mix-Up

Burned or Burnt: The Past Tense of Burn, and When Only One Sounds Right

The Past Tense of Ask Is Asked — But the Final Consonant Cluster Is the Hard Part

The Past Tense of "Answer" Is "Answered": The Silent W and the Vanishing /d/

The Past Tense of Tear: Tore, Torn, and Two Tears That Sound Different

Past Tense of Start: When "-ed" Really Adds a Syllable

The Past Tense of "Shut" Is Still "Shut": Verbs That Never Change Form, Plus the Shut/Shot/Short Trap

Construction English: Contracts, Job Sites, and a Learning Roadmap

Shook or Shaken: Shake's Verb Forms, the Take Family, and the Shook vs. Shock Trap

The Past Tense of 'Open' Is 'Opened' — and the Final D Almost Disappears in Fast Speech

Meant Is the Past Tense of Mean: The Vowel Shortens, and Four Meanings That Are Easy to Mix Up

The Past Tense of Jump: Jumped, the /mpt/ Cluster, and Meanings That Aren't About Jumping

The Past Tense of 'Dance' Is 'Danced': Why -ed Sounds Like /t/ and Consonant Clusters Drop

The Past Tense of Become: Became vs. Become, One Vowel Apart

The Past Tense of Work Is Worked: The R-Colored Vowel, and Worked vs. Walked

The Past Tense of Watch Is Watched — One Syllable, Right Where It Collides With Washed

The Past Tense of Quit Is Still Quit: Unchanging Verbs and the Quit/Quite/Quiet Trio

The Past Tense of Plan: Why It's Spelled Planned with Two N's

Legal English: Vocabulary by Practice Area and a Roadmap for Practitioners


