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drive

What is the past tense of drive?

The past tense of drive is drove, and the past participle is driven.

Drive is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of drive

as a noun

base
drive
plural
drives

as a verb

base
drive
past tense
drove
past participle
driven
present participle
driving
third-person singular
drives