to drive away — English conjugation

Frequency#16688Irregular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Irregular

The simple present describes habitual actions, general truths, and states. It is the most basic tense in English. For most verbs, add -s or -es for the third person singular (he, she, it).

She speaks three languages.

PronounEnglish
Idrive away
youdrive away
he/she/itdrives away
wedrive away
you (pl.)drive away
theydrive away

Past (Simple Past) Irregular

The simple past describes completed actions at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs add -ed. There are around 200 common irregular verbs with unique past forms that must be learned individually.

She spoke to the manager yesterday.

PronounEnglish
Idrove away
youdrove away
he/she/itdrove away
wedrove away
you (pl.)drove away
theydrove away

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Irregular

The present continuous describes actions happening right now or temporary situations. Formed with am/is/are + verb-ing. Also used for definite future arrangements.

She is speaking to a client at the moment.

PronounEnglish
Iam driving away
youare driving away
he/she/itis driving away
weare driving away
you (pl.)are driving away
theyare driving away

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Irregular

The past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past, often interrupted by another event. Formed with was/were + verb-ing.

She was speaking when the fire alarm went off.

PronounEnglish
Iwas driving away
youwere driving away
he/she/itwas driving away
wewere driving away
you (pl.)were driving away
theywere driving away

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Irregular

The present perfect connects the past to the present. It describes experiences, recent events, or situations that started in the past and continue now. Formed with have/has + past participle.

She has spoken at over fifty conferences.

PronounEnglish
Ihave driven away
youhave driven away
he/she/ithas driven away
wehave driven away
you (pl.)have driven away
theyhave driven away

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Irregular

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past event — the past of the past. Formed with had + past participle. Always implies a reference point in the past.

She had spoken to him before the meeting started.

PronounEnglish
Ihad driven away
youhad driven away
he/she/ithad driven away
wehad driven away
you (pl.)had driven away
theyhad driven away

Future (will) (Future Simple) Irregular

The future simple expresses predictions, spontaneous decisions, and promises. Formed with will + base infinitive. The contracted form will not = won't is very common in spoken English.

She will speak at the conference tomorrow.

PronounEnglish
Iwill drive away
youwill drive away
he/she/itwill drive away
wewill drive away
you (pl.)will drive away
theywill drive away

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Irregular

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment. Formed with will be + verb-ing. Often used to describe planned or expected ongoing actions.

This time tomorrow she will be speaking to the board.

PronounEnglish
Iwill be driving away
youwill be driving away
he/she/itwill be driving away
wewill be driving away
you (pl.)will be driving away
theywill be driving away

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Irregular

The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Formed with will have + past participle. Common with time expressions like by then, by the time.

By Friday she will have spoken to all the clients.

PronounEnglish
Iwill have driven away
youwill have driven away
he/she/itwill have driven away
wewill have driven away
you (pl.)will have driven away
theywill have driven away

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Irregular

The conditional describes hypothetical situations and their results. Formed with would + base infinitive. Used in if-clauses, polite requests, and reported speech about future events.

She would speak more if she had the chance.

PronounEnglish
Iwould drive away
youwould drive away
he/she/itwould drive away
wewould drive away
you (pl.)would drive away
theywould drive away