Past Tense Of Drive, Past Participle Form of Drive, Drive Drove Driven V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Drive
We use the word ‘drive’ very often in our daily life. In this lesson, we will examine the details of this widely used expression. If you are ready, let’s start!
Meaning
The meaning of this word is controling the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
Base Form Examples
- I am going to drive a car tomorrow.
V2 Past Simple
In the example below, you can see how the past form of the verb ‘drive’ is used. The V2 version of this verb is ‘drove’.
Examples
- She drove so fast that the police cannot catch her.
Verb + Preposition IN List in English
Verb + Preposition ABOUT List in English
Verb + Preposition FOR List in English
Verb + Preposition FROM List in English
V3 Past Participle
The V3 form is different from the V1 and V2 forms. The V3 form of this verb is ‘driven’. ‘Driven’ is used in the case of Past Perfect Tense or Present Perfect Tense. If the question is in the present perfect tense, we use the word drive as have+driven or has+driven. The subjects I, you, we are used as ‘have+driven’. The subjects he, she, it are used as ‘has+driven’. If the Past Perfect Tense is in question, the use is ‘had + driven’ regardless of the subject this time.
Examples
- Katniss had driven her husband to the station.
| V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
| be | was, were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| dig | dug | dug |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| drive | drove | driven |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| read | read | read |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |
