| 1. | Base Form (Infinitive): | Contrive |
| 2. | Simple Past: | Contrived |
| 3. | Past Participle: | Contrived |
| 4. | Present Participle: | Contriving |
| 5. | 3rd Person Singular: | Contrives |

Contrive past tense
| Contrived |
| Contrived is the past tense of the word contrive. |
Contrive past participle
| Contrived |
| Contrived is the past participle of the word contrive. |
Contrive verb forms V1 V2 V3 V4
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle | Present Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contrive | Contrived | Contrived | Contriving |
Conjugation of Contrive
| Simple / Indefinite Present Tense |
| I contrive. |
| He/She/It contrives. |
| You/We/They contrive. |
| Simple Past Tense |
| I contrived. |
| He/She/It contrived. |
| You/We/They contrived. |
| Simple Future Tense |
| I will/shall contrive. |
| He/She/It will contrive. |
| You/We/They will/shall contrive. |
| Present Continuous Tense |
| I am contriving. |
| He/She/It is contriving. |
| You/We/They are contriving. |
| Past Continuous Tense |
| I was contriving. |
| He/She/It was contriving. |
| You/We/They were contriving. |
| Future Continuous Tense |
| I will be contriving. |
| He/She/It will be contriving. |
| You/We/They will be contriving. |
| Present Perfect Tense |
| I have contrived. |
| He/She/It has contrived. |
| You/We/They have contrived. |
| Past Perfect Tense |
| I had contrived. |
| He/She/It had contrived. |
| You/We/They had contrived. |
| Future Perfect Tense |
| I will have contrived. |
| He/She/It will have contrived. |
| You/We/They will have contrived. |
| Present Perfect Continuous Tense |
| I have been contriving. |
| He/She/It has been contriving. |
| You/We/They have been contriving. |
| Past Perfect Continuous Tense |
| I had been contriving. |
| He/She/It had been contriving. |
| You/We/They had been contriving. |
| Future Perfect Continuous Tense |
| I will have been contriving. |
| He/She/It will have been contriving. |
| You/We/They will have been contriving. |