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:
arise
backbite
bestride
bite
drive
freewrite
frostbite
ghostwrite
joyride
outride
override
overwrite
rewrite
ride
rise
shrive
smite
stride
strive
typewrite
underwrite
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drive
It is conjugated like: write
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Indicative
presentⓘAlso known as: present simple or simple present
I drive you drive he, she, it drives we drive you drive they drive
simple pastⓘAlso known as: past simple or preterit
I drove you drove he, she, it drove we drove you drove they drove
future
I will drive you will drive he, she, it will drive we will drive you will drive they will drive
Perfect tenses
present perfect
I have driv en you have driv en he, she, it has driv en we have driv en you have driv en they have driv en
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect
I had driv en you had driv en he, she, it had driv en we had driv en you had driv en they had driv en
future perfect
I will have driv en you will have driv en he, she, it will have driv en we will have driv en you will have driv en they will have driv en
Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses
present continuous
I am driving you are driving he, she, it is driving we are driving you are driving they are driving
past continuous
I was driving you were driving he, she, it was driving we were driving you were driving they were driving
present emphatic
I do drive you do drive he, she, it does drive we do drive you do drive they do drive
past emphatic
I did drive you did drive he, she, it did drive we did drive you did drive they did drive
Compound continuous (progressive) tenses
present perfect
I have been driving you have been driving he, she, it has been driving we have been driving you have been driving they have been driving
past perfect
I had been driving you had been driving he, she, it had been driving we had been driving you had been driving they had been driving
future
I will be driving you will be driving he, she, it will be driving we will be driving you will be driving they will be driving
future perfect
I will have been driving you will have been driving he, she, it will have been driving we will have been driving you will have been driving they will have been driving
Conditional
present
I would drive you would drive he, she, it would drive we would drive you would drive they would drive
perfectⓘAlso known as: past conditional
I would have driv en you would have driv en he, she, it would have driv en we would have driv en you would have driv en they would have driv en
present continuous
I would be driving you would be driving he, she, it would be driving we would be driving you would be driving they would be driving
perfect continuous
I would have been driving you would have been driving he, she, it would have been driving we would have been driving you would have been driving they would have been driving
Imperative
present
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(you) drive! – (we) let's drive! (you) drive! –
Subjunctive
present
I drive you drive he, she, it drive we drive you drive they drive
past
I drove you drove he, she, it drove we drove you drove they drove
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect subjunctive
I had driv en you had driv en he, she, it had driv en we had driv en you had driv en they had driv en
future
I should drive you should drive he, she, it should drive we should drive you should drive they should 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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