The present tense of the verb "drive" is actually "drive."
It is present tense.
Drive/Driving
Past tense - rang. Future tense - will ring. Present tense - ring.
Here's three examples: Present tense, I drive my son to school; Past tense, I drove my son to school;and Future tense, I will drive my son to school.
driving into town
Driving is the present participle of drive. "was driving" is the past continuous tense.
The verb is is the present tense.
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.
It was, (past tense) it is, (present tense) it will be( future tense)
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No. It is past tense. "You I saw at the Mall, yesterday, but you were too busy loading your truck, to notice me drive past you.