Past tense of drive
The past simple of drive is drove and the past participle is driven: drive – drove – driven.
- Base form V1
- drive
- Past simple V2
- drove
- Past participle V3
- driven
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Meaning of drive
To control a motor vehicle while it moves or travel in one over land
- ExampleShe drives to work every morning.
Drive, drove, driven in sentences
- Past simpleMy father drove us to school.
- Past participleShe has driven this car for a year.
Common mistakes
driveddrove. Drive is irregular, so it does not take -ed.She has drove this car for a year.She has driven this car for a year. After have, use the past participle, driven.
Similar verbs
Built on drive, with the same forms: outdrive.
All three forms different, like drive: be, do, go, know, see, take, give, write.
Common questions
What is the past tense of drive?
Drove. For example: My father drove us to school.
What is the past participle of drive?
Driven. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in She has driven this car for a year.
Is drive a regular verb?
No. Drive is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
