VERBONKSPlay freeDrive past tense and past participledrive · drove · driven
The past participle (the 3rd form) of drive is driven and the past simple is drove. The three forms are drive, drove, driven. Not "drived"! drive is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Drive in a sentence
Dad drove us to the beach.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I drive · she drives |
| Present continuous | I am driving · they are driving |
| Past simple | I drove · she drove · they drove |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't drive · she didn't drive |
| Past simple, question | Did you drive? · Did she drive? |
| Present perfect | I have driven · she has driven |
| Past perfect | I had driven |
| Future | I will drive |
Common mistakes with drive
✗ I drived✓ I drove✗ I didn't drove✓ I didn't drive✗ Did you drove?✓ Did you drive?✗ I have drove✓ I have driven
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
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drive significa conducir, manejar. Pasado: drove. Participio: driven.
✍️ drive runs with The Written Gang
write · wrote · written
The Written Gang leaves notes everywhere, and the notes always follow the same plan. A long i in the present (write, drive, ride), an o in the past (wrote, drove, rode, arose), and -en in the participle: written, driven, ridden, arisen. bite and hide are the sneaky ones. They skip the o: bit, bitten. hid, hidden.
🔎 How to spot one: i → o → i + en. Many double their last letter: written, ridden, bitten, hidden.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| write | wrote | written |
| drive | drove | driven |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| hide | hid | hidden |
Questions about drive
What is the past tense of drive?
The past simple of "drive" is "drove". Example: Dad drove us to the beach.
What is the past participle of drive?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "drive" is "driven", as in "I have driven".
What are the 3 forms of drive?
V1 drive, V2 drove, V3 driven.
Is drive a regular or an irregular verb?
"drive" is an irregular verb: the past is not "drived" but "drove".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de drive?
"drive" significa "conducir, manejar". Pasado: drove. Participio: driven.