Past tense of hop
regular verb
The past tense of hop is hopped. The past participle is also hopped.
Forms of hop
| Base form (V1) | hop /hɒp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hopped |
| Past participle (V3) | hopped |
| Present participle | hopping |
| Third person singular | hops |
Hopped in a sentence
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....
- I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
- You could see in his eyes that he was hopped up on goofballs.From the entry hopped up
- I channel hopped for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television.From the entry channel hop
- He started getting huge when he hopped on a course of steroids.From the entry hop on
Meaning of hop
- noun A short jump.
- noun A jump on one leg.
- noun A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
Questions about the past tense of hop
- What is the past tense of hop?
- The past tense of hop is hopped.
- What is the past participle of hop?
- The past participle of hop is hopped.
- Is hop a regular or irregular verb?
- Hop is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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