regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

write - model verb Change 'i' to 'o' to form the preterit. To form the past participle, add -n to the infinitive, usually doubling the last consonant before the final -e.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. arise
  2. backbite
  3. bestride
  4. bite
  5. drive
  6. freewrite
  7. frostbite
  8. ghostwrite
  9. joyride
  10. outride
  11. override
  12. overwrite
  13. rewrite
  14. ride
  15. rise
  16. shrive
  17. smite
  18. stride
  19. strive
  20. typewrite
  21. underwrite

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drive

It is conjugated like: write
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) drive
driving
driven
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Idrive
youdrive
he, she, itdrives
wedrive
youdrive
theydrive
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Idrove
youdrove
he, she, itdrove
wedrove
youdrove
theydrove
future
Iwill drive
youwill drive
he, she, itwill drive
wewill drive
youwill drive
theywill drive

Perfect tenses

present perfect
Ihave driven
youhave driven
he, she, ithas driven
wehave driven
youhave driven
theyhave driven
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad driven
youhad driven
he, she, ithad driven
wehad driven
youhad driven
theyhad driven
future perfect
Iwill have driven
youwill have driven
he, she, itwill have driven
wewill have driven
youwill have driven
theywill have driven

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam driving
youare driving
he, she, itis driving
weare driving
youare driving
theyare driving
past continuous
Iwas driving
youwere driving
he, she, itwas driving
wewere driving
youwere driving
theywere driving
present emphatic
Ido drive
youdo drive
he, she, itdoes drive
wedo drive
youdo drive
theydo drive
past emphatic
Idid drive
youdid drive
he, she, itdid drive
wedid drive
youdid drive
theydid drive

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been driving
youhave been driving
he, she, ithas been driving
wehave been driving
youhave been driving
theyhave been driving
past perfect
Ihad been driving
youhad been driving
he, she, ithad been driving
wehad been driving
youhad been driving
theyhad been driving
future
Iwill be driving
youwill be driving
he, she, itwill be driving
wewill be driving
youwill be driving
theywill be driving
future perfect
Iwill have been driving
youwill have been driving
he, she, itwill have been driving
wewill have been driving
youwill have been driving
theywill have been driving

Conditional

present
Iwould drive
youwould drive
he, she, itwould drive
wewould drive
youwould drive
theywould drive
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have driven
youwould have driven
he, she, itwould have driven
wewould have driven
youwould have driven
theywould have driven
present continuous
Iwould be driving
youwould be driving
he, she, itwould be driving
wewould be driving
youwould be driving
theywould be driving
perfect continuous
Iwould have been driving
youwould have been driving
he, she, itwould have been driving
wewould have been driving
youwould have been driving
theywould have been driving

Imperative

present
(you)drive!
(we)let's drive!
(you)drive!

Subjunctive

present
Idrive
youdrive
he, she, itdrive
wedrive
youdrive
theydrive
past
Idrove
youdrove
he, she, itdrove
wedrove
youdrove
theydrove
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad driven
youhad driven
he, she, ithad driven
wehad driven
youhad driven
theyhad driven
future
Ishould drive
youshould drive
he, she, itshould drive
weshould drive
youshould drive
theyshould drive

  Note: One may encounter the archaic preterit form drave.  

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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