Conjugation of the verb drive in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb drive in English.

Conjugation of the verb drive in the present tenses

Present Tense

I drive
you drive
he|she|it drives
we drive
you drive
they drive

Present Continuous

I am driving
you are driving
he|she|it is driving
we are driving
you are driving
they are driving

Present Perfect

I have driven
you have driven
he|she|it has driven
we have driven
you have driven
they have driven

Present Perfect Continuous

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

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb drive in the past tenses

Simple past

I drove
you drove
he|she|it drove
we drove
you drove
they drove

Past continuous

I was driving
you were driving
he|she|it was driving
we were driving
you were driving
they were driving

Past perfect

I had driven
you had driven
he|she|it had driven
we had driven
you had driven
they had driven

Past perfect continuous

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

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb drive in the futur tenses

Future

I will drive
you will drive
he|she|it will drive
we will drive
you will drive
they will drive

Future continuous

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 driven
you will have driven
he|she|it will have driven
we will have driven
you will have driven
they will have driven

Future perfect continuous

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

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to drive

Present participle

driving

Past participle

driven

Perfect Participle

having driven

The imperative in English, for the verb to drive

Imperative

drive
let's drive
drive

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