Learning TipsThe Past Tense of Cry Is Cried: The Y-to-IED Rule and the Cried/Tried Mix-Up
Cry is a regular verb — the simple past and the past participle are both cried. The hard part is the /d/ ending, which lasts just one beat, and the fact that cried runs straight into tried when you hear it.
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