Drive can mean control a vehicle or travel somewhere by car.
The idea
Use drive a bus for controlling the vehicle and drive to work for a journey. The irregular forms are drive, drove, driven: we have driven.
Examples
- She drives a bus in the city.
- I drive to work on Mondays.
- He drove us to the station yesterday.
- We have driven this route before.
- Can you drive a car?
- They are driving home now.
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Watch out
Driving focuses on controlling a vehicle; ride a bike describes travelling on a bicycle. Ride can also describe travelling as a passenger.
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Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday he ___ us to the station. (drove / driven)
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drove
Drove is the past form used with yesterday.
Choose the form after have. We have ___ this route before. (driven / drove)
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driven
Driven follows have in the present perfect.
Choose the verb for controlling the bus. Which sentence says she controls the bus? (She drives the bus / She rides the bus)
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She drives the bus
Drive describes controlling the bus.
Practice round
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Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday he ___ us to the station. (drove / driven)
Choose the form after have. We have ___ this route before. (driven / drove)
Choose the verb for controlling the bus. Which sentence says she controls the bus? (She drives the bus / She rides the bus)
She drives the bus
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe a journey someone drives and say where they go.