ride
Base form
ride
/raɪd/
Past simple
rode
/rəʊd/
Past participle
ridden
/ˈrɪdn/
MeaningA1
to sit on a bike or horse and travel
to ride a horse
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Can you ride a bike without using your hands?
- Negative · Form 1Please don’t ride your bike on the pavement.
- Past simple · Form 2Last summer we rode horses along the beach in Wales.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Leo rode his new scooter to school.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you ever ridden a camel on holiday?
- Passive · Form 3The winning horse was ridden by a young jockey from Ireland.
Watch out
Rode sounds like road: we rode along the road. The participle ridden has a short /ɪ/ and a double d: never rided or roden.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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