irregular

Conjugation of ride

ride · rode · ridden

Meaning: sit on and control a bike or horse

Conjugated like drive.

Verbs conjugated like drive

Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

I	ride
you	ride
he/she/it	rides
we	ride
they	ride

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

I	am riding
you	are riding
he/she/it	is riding
we	are riding
they	are riding

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

I	rode
you	rode
he/she/it	rode
we	rode
they	rode

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

I	was riding
you	were riding
he/she/it	was riding
we	were riding
they	were riding

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

I	have ridden
you	have ridden
he/she/it	has ridden
we	have ridden
they	have ridden

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

I	have been riding
you	have been riding
he/she/it	has been riding
we	have been riding
they	have been riding

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

I	had ridden
you	had ridden
he/she/it	had ridden
we	had ridden
they	had ridden

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

I	had been riding
you	had been riding
he/she/it	had been riding
we	had been riding
they	had been riding

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

I	will ride
you	will ride
he/she/it	will ride
we	will ride
they	will ride

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

I	will be riding
you	will be riding
he/she/it	will be riding
we	will be riding
they	will be riding

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

I	will have ridden
you	will have ridden
he/she/it	will have ridden
we	will have ridden
they	will have ridden

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

I	will have been riding
you	will have been riding
he/she/it	will have been riding
we	will have been riding
they	will have been riding

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

I	would ride
you	would ride
he/she/it	would ride
we	would ride
they	would ride

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

I	would be riding
you	would be riding
he/she/it	would be riding
we	would be riding
they	would be riding

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

I	would have ridden
you	would have ridden
he/she/it	would have ridden
we	would have ridden
they	would have ridden

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

I	would have been riding
you	would have been riding
he/she/it	would have been riding
we	would have been riding
they	would have been riding

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

you	ride
let's	let's ride
negative you	do not ride
negative let's	let's not ride

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

	ride

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

	to have ridden

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

	riding

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

	ridden

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Conditional · Present continuous conditional

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