Past tense of ride
irregular verb
The past tense of ride is rode. The past participle is ridden.
Forms of ride
| Base form (V1) | ride /ɹaɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rode /ɹəʊd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | ridden /ˈɹɪd.n̩/ |
| Present participle | riding /ˈɹaɪ.dɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | rides /ɹaɪdz/ |
Rode and ridden in a sentence
- The cab rode him downtown.
- The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.
- Some of us rode two-up as we travelled in convoy to the beach.From the entry two-up
- He rode on BART and passed through the Transbay Tube from Oakland to San Francisco.From the entry transbay
- They rode the trade winds going west.From the entry trade wind
Meaning of ride
- verb To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
- verb To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- verb To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
Verbs like ride
Questions about the past tense of ride
- What is the past tense of ride?
- The past tense of ride is rode.
- What is the past participle of ride?
- The past participle of ride is ridden.
- Is ride a regular or irregular verb?
- Ride is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ride (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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