The Verb "Thrive" in English

Conjugation of "To Thrive"

The verb "thrive" is an irregular verb. (This means that "thrive" does not form its simple past tense or its past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form.)

The Five Forms of "To Thrive"

Form	thrive	Alternative Name
Base Form	thrive	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	thrives	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	throve (also thrived)	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	thriving	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	thriven (also thrived)	[no alternative name]

"To Thrive" in All the Tenses

The tables below show how "thrive" conjugates in the past, present, and future tenses.

Past Tenses

Person	Simple Past	Past Progressive Tense	Past Perfect Tense	Past Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	throve (also thrived) throve (also thrived) throve (also thrived) throve (also thrived) throve (also thrived) throve (also thrived) The simple past tense is for a completed activity that happened in the past.	was thriving were thriving was thriving were thriving were thriving were thriving The past progressive tense is for an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.	had thriven (also thrived) had thriven (also thrived) had thriven (also thrived) had thriven (also thrived) had thriven (also thrived) had thriven (also thrived) The past perfect tense is for emphasizing that an action was completed before another took place.	had been thriving had been thriving had been thriving had been thriving had been thriving had been thriving The past perfect progressive tense is for showing that an ongoing action in the past has ended.

Present Tenses

Person	Simple Present	Present Progressive Tense	Present Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	thrive thrive thrives thrive thrive thrive The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.	am thriving are thriving is thriving are thriving are thriving are thriving The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.	have thriven (also thrived) have thriven (also thrived) has thriven (also thrived) have thriven (also thrived) have thriven (also thrived) have thriven (also thrived) The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)	have been thriving have been thriving has been thriving have been thriving have been thriving have been thriving The present perfect progressive tense is for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues into the present (or finished very recently).

Future Tenses

Person	Simple Future	Future Progressive Tense	Future Perfect Tense	Future Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	will thrive will thrive will thrive will thrive will thrive will thrive The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.	will be thriving will be thriving will be thriving will be thriving will be thriving will be thriving The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.	will have thriven (also thrived) will have thriven (also thrived) will have thriven (also thrived) will have thriven (also thrived) will have thriven (also thrived) will have thriven (also thrived) The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.	will have been thriving will have been thriving will have been thriving will have been thriving will have been thriving will have been thriving The future perfect progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.

Most Common Irregular Verbs

The two most common irregular verbs in English are "be" and "have." These pages give more details about these two verbs:

Here are the next 10 most common irregular verbs in English:

see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think

This page was written by Craig Shrives.