Past tense of stop
regular verb
The past tense of stop is stopped. The past participle is also stopped.
Forms of stop
| Base form (V1) | stop /stɒp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stopped /stɒpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stopped /stɒpt/ |
| Present participle | stopping /ˈstɒpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | stops /stɒps/ |
Stopped in a sentence
- I stopped at the traffic lights.
- The riots stopped when police moved in.
- The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.From the entry abruptly
- A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.From the entry heavy
- They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.From the entry jam
Meaning of stop
- verb To cease moving.
- verb Not to continue.
- verb To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
Questions about the past tense of stop
- What is the past tense of stop?
- The past tense of stop is stopped.
- What is the past participle of stop?
- The past participle of stop is stopped.
- Is stop a regular or irregular verb?
- Stop is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stop (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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