drove – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of drove

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to drove
Participle: droved
Gerund: droving

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Idrove
youdrove
he;she;itdroves
wedrove
youdrove
theydrove

Perfect

Ihave droved
youhave droved
he;she;ithas droved
wehave droved
youhave droved
theyhave droved

Past

Idroved
youdroved
he;she;itdroved
wedroved
youdroved
theydroved

Pluperfect

Ihad droved
youhad droved
he;she;ithad droved
wehad droved
youhad droved
theyhad droved

Future

Iwill drove
youwill drove
he;she;itwill drove
wewill drove
youwill drove
theywill drove

Future Perfect

Iwill have droved
youwill have droved
he;she;itwill have droved
wewill have droved
youwill have droved
theywill have droved

Subjunctive

Present

Idrove
youdrove
he;she;itdrove
wedrove
youdrove
theydrove

Perfect

Ihave droved
youhave droved
he;she;ithave droved
wehave droved
youhave droved
theyhave droved

Imperfect

Idroved
youdroved
he;she;itdroved
wedroved
youdroved
theydroved

Pluperfect

Ihad droved
youhad droved
he;she;ithad droved
wehad droved
youhad droved
theyhad droved

Conditional

Present

Iwould drove
youwould drove
he;she;itwould drove
wewould drove
youwould drove
theywould drove

Perfect

Iwould have droved
youwould have droved
he;she;itwould have droved
wewould have droved
youwould have droved
theywould have droved

Imperative

youdrove
weLet's drove
youdrove

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam droving
youare droving
he;she;itis droving
weare droving
youare droving
theyare droving

Perfect

Ihave been droving
youhave been droving
he;she;ithas been droving
wehave been droving
youhave been droving
theyhave been droving

Past

Iwas droving
youwere droving
he;she;itwas droving
wewere droving
youwere droving
theywere droving

Pluperfect

Ihad been droving
youhad been droving
he;she;ithad been droving
wehad been droving
youhad been droving
theyhad been droving

Future

Iwill be droving
youwill be droving
he;she;itwill be droving
wewill be droving
youwill be droving
theywill be droving

Future Perfect

Iwill have been droving
youwill have been droving
he;she;itwill have been droving
wewill have been droving
youwill have been droving
theywill have been droving

Conditional

Present

Iwould be droving
youwould be droving
he;she;itwould be droving
wewould be droving
youwould be droving
theywould be droving

Perfect

Iwould have been droving
youwould have been droving
he;she;itwould have been droving
wewould have been droving
youwould have been droving
theywould have been droving

Other

Verbs similar to 'drove'

dreve, drive, drone, grove, prove, rove, admove, amove, brave, brode,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From earlier drave, from Middle English drave, draf, from Old English drāf, first and third person singular indicative preterite of drīfan (“to drive”).

Sample Sentences

  • He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh. [1890, Banjo Paterson, The Man from Snowy River:]
  • He was droving his mob of fats to Derby, to ship by the southern boat for Fremantle. [1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 11:]