Ridden or Rode

Yesterday, I rode my horse to the park, when I got there, I told my colleagues about how far I had ridden. They wanted to get a ride with me but when they got outside they saw I was riding a horse.

It is very surprising to see that you must have understood all the words and perfectly too. Even the tenses in which they were written. This is a very interesting aspect of the language, but this might be difficult if you are a nonspeaker.

Now if you are having issue with these words rode, ride or ridden then this article is meant for you. Understanding the differences between these words can be very challenging but I will make it as easy as possible here.

Another important thing is that once you learn these and their usages, it is advisable that you make use of them as often as possible. Before we continue we will talk about verbs in general.

Verbs

A verb is an action or doing word. It describes an action that has taken place, will take place or is about to take place. You can’t describe anything you are doing or what someone is doing without making use of an action word. We have two types of verbs. They are regular and irregular verbs.

Regular verbs follow a particular pattern during conjugation unlike irregular verbs. Examples of regular verbs: work, walk, talk, sign, cook, brush, press, wash, watch, clean e.t.c

Examples of irregular verbs: eat, cry, write, sleep, ride, wake, drive, rise, see, think, sweep etc.

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Infinitive Verbs

This is an action or a doing word that has ‘to’ before it. This is normally the root of the verbs. Example, to ride, to eat, to drink, to sit, to write, to run, to wave, to sleep, to work e.t.c

They cannot be conjugated, you can’t add -ing, -s, or -ed at the end of the word.

The Different Tenses

Verbs are broken into different tenses. We have simple present tense, simple past tense, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous tense e.t.c

To understand the difference between ride, rode and ridden, we must identify their tenses.

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Conjugation of the word ride in different tenses

– Present Tense

I ride
You ride
He/she/it rides
We ride
You ride
They ride

– Present Continuous Tense

I am riding
You are riding
He/she/it is riding
We are riding
You are riding
They are riding

– Simple Past Tense

I rode
You rode
He/she/it rode
We rode
You rode
They rode

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– Past Continuous Tense

I was riding
You were riding
He/she/it was riding
We were riding
You were riding
They were riding

– Present Perfect Tense

I have ridden
You have ridden
He/she/it has ridden
We have ridden
You have ridden
They have ridden

– Present Perfect Continuous Tense

I have been riding
You have been riding
He/she/it has been riding
We have been riding
You have been riding
They have been riding

– Past Perfect Tense

I had ridden
You had ridden
He/she/it had ridden
We had ridden
You had ridden
They had ridden

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– Past Perfect Continuous Tense

I had been riding
You had been riding
He/she/it had been riding
We had been riding
You had been riding
They had been riding

– Future Tense

I will ride
You will ride
He/she/it will ride
We will ride
You will ride
They will ride

– Future Continuous Tense

I will be riding
You Will be riding
He/she/it will be riding
We will be riding
You will be riding
They will be riding

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– Future Perfect Tense

I will have ridden
You will have ridden
He/she/it will have ridden
We will have ridden
You will have ridden
They will have ridden

– Future Perfect Continuous Tense

I will have been riding
You will have been riding
He/she/it will have been riding
We will have been riding
You will have been riding
They will have been riding

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Ride

This is the simple present tense of the word ‘to ride’. Examples using the word ride

I ride the phony horse every morning.
They went with me for a ride in the van.
I ride all the time.
My friend asked that I ride his car.
I don’t ride horses.

Rode

This is the simple past tense of the word ‘to ride’. It is used when referring to an action done in the past. These are few examples using the word “rode”.

They rode with me up the hill.
He rode as if he was one with the horse.
He rode past her like they have never been in contact.
They rode slowly on their way back home.
He rode 15 miles on his way home, yesterday.

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Ridden

This is the past participle of the verb to ride. It requires the help of an auxiliary verb. Have or has.

These are some examples:

I have never ridden a horse in my life before.
My friend has ridden on the Eye of London before.
He has ridden in my car before.

Ridden or Rode – Which is Correct?

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