The present tense of the verb "drive" is actually "drive."
The past continuous tense of drive is:
I was driving / You were driving.
It is present tense.
Drive/Driving
Present tense: ring Past tense: rang Future tense: will ring
To convert present tense to past tense, change the verb to its past form (e.g., "run" to "ran"). To convert present tense to future tense, add the helping verb "will" before the base form of the verb (e.g., "run" to "will run").
driving into town
Driving is the present participle of drive. "was driving" is the past continuous tense.
Present tense is used to describe things that are happening now or are generally true. Past tense is used to describe things that have already happened.
The past tense of did is did. The present tense of did is do. The future tense of did is will do.
'Driving' can be used in any tense: I was driving, I am driving, I will be driving.====Also, remember, 'Driving' is not a verb. It is a gerund. 'Drive' and 'drove' are present and past tense verbs. In the above examples, 'was,' 'am' and '(will) be' are the verbs.
The verb is is the present tense.
The present tense of "will be" is "am/is/are." For example, "I am," "he is," "they are."
Past tense I had Present tense I have Future Tense I will have