irregular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | drive |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | drove |
| V3 (Past participle) | driven |
| V-ing (Present participle) | driving |
| -s form (he / she / it) | drives |
| हिंदी अर्थ | चलाना (वाहन) |
the -ing form is driving: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“He drives carefully.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| do | did | done | करना | irregular |
| dominate | dominated | dominated | प्रभुत्व रखना | regular |
| donate | donated | donated | दान करना | regular |
| doubt | doubted | doubted | संदेह करना | regular |
| draw | drew | drawn | चित्र बनाना, खींचना | irregular |
| drink | drank | drunk | पीना | irregular |
| earn | earned | earned | कमाना | regular |
| eat | ate | eaten | खाना | irregular |
| educate | educated | educated | शिक्षित करना | regular |
| elect | elected | elected | चुनना | regular |
| emerge | emerged | emerged | उभरना, निकलना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is drive, V2 (past simple) is drove, and V3 (past participle) is driven. The -ing form is driving and the he / she / it form is drives.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is drove, not driveed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Drove at six. V3 is never used on its own: it follows has / have / had in the perfect tenses, and am / is / are / was / were in the passive voice.
It means चलाना (वाहन).
Yes — it is flagged IELTS-relevant on the portal, which means it shows up often in reading and writing tasks. Knowing all five forms matters because IELTS uses the perfect tense and the passive voice heavily.
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