Drive Verb Forms: Past Tense and Past Participle (V1 V2 V3)

Meaning: to cause something to move or to make it move.  

Drive Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Infinitive/Base Form (V1) Drive
Past Tense (V2) Drove
Past Participle Form (V3) Driven
Present Participle/Gerund (V4) Driving
3rd Person Singular (V5) Drives

Drive Past Tense:

Past Tense of Drive is Drove.

Example: Sarah drove the bus.

Drive Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Drive is Driven.

Example: Sarah has driven the bus.

Drive Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Drive is Driving.

Example: Sarah is driving the bus.

Drive 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Drive is Drives.

Example: Sarah drives the bus.

Drive Past Tense V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 Forms of Drive Past Simple and Future Participle

Drive Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I drive the bus.
  • We/You/They drive the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam drives the bus.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am driving the bus.
  • We/You/They are driving the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam is driving the bus.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have driven the bus.
  • We/You/They have driven the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam has driven the bus.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been driving the bus.
  • We/You/They have been driving the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been driving the bus.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I drove the bus.
  • We/You/They drove the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam drove the bus.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was driving the bus.
  • We/You/They were driving the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam was driving the bus.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had driven the bus.
  • We/You/They had driven the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam had driven the bus.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been driving the bus.
  • We/You/They had been driving the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been driving the bus.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will drive the bus.
  • We/You/They will drive the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam will drive the bus.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be driving the bus.
  • We/You/They will be driving the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be driving the bus.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have driven the bus.
  • We/You/They will have driven the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have driven the bus.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been driving the bus.
  • We/You/They will have been driving the bus.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been driving the bus.

Past Tense of Drive Phrasal Verbs

Drive Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Drive off Drove off
Drive out Drove out
Drive up Drove up
Drive away Drove away
Drive through Drove through
Drive into Drove into
Drive over Drove over
Drive back Drove back
Drive along Drove along
Drive down Drove down

FAQS

What is the Future Tense of Drive?

Future Tense of drive is “will drive”.

What is the Present Tense of Drive?

Present Tense of drive is “drive + s/es or ing”.

I/we/you/they drive
He/she/it/singular name drives
Present participle driving

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Drive?

Past perfect tense of take is “had driven”.

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