Summary: If you think about the verb “dive” too hard, it can shake your confidence that you know which past tense to use. Let’s say you’re telling someone about a diving competition you participated in yesterday. Do you tell them you dived yesterday, or do you tell them you dove? Not all verbs cause this sort of confusion. Regular verbs like “play” have the same past tense and past participle – I play, I played, I have played. Irregular verbs like “drive” are a little trickier – I drive, I drove, I have
