to come up — English conjugation

Frequency#16303Irregular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Irregular

The simple present describes habitual actions, general truths, and states. It is the most basic tense in English. For most verbs, add -s or -es for the third person singular (he, she, it).

She speaks three languages.

PronounEnglish
Icome up
youcome up
he/she/itcomes up
wecome up
you (pl.)come up
theycome up

Past (Simple Past) Irregular

The simple past describes completed actions at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs add -ed. There are around 200 common irregular verbs with unique past forms that must be learned individually.

She spoke to the manager yesterday.

PronounEnglish
Icame up
youcame up
he/she/itcame up
wecame up
you (pl.)came up
theycame up

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Irregular

The present continuous describes actions happening right now or temporary situations. Formed with am/is/are + verb-ing. Also used for definite future arrangements.

She is speaking to a client at the moment.

PronounEnglish
Iam coming up
youare coming up
he/she/itis coming up
weare coming up
you (pl.)are coming up
theyare coming up

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Irregular

The past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past, often interrupted by another event. Formed with was/were + verb-ing.

She was speaking when the fire alarm went off.

PronounEnglish
Iwas coming up
youwere coming up
he/she/itwas coming up
wewere coming up
you (pl.)were coming up
theywere coming up

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Irregular

The present perfect connects the past to the present. It describes experiences, recent events, or situations that started in the past and continue now. Formed with have/has + past participle.

She has spoken at over fifty conferences.

PronounEnglish
Ihave come up
youhave come up
he/she/ithas come up
wehave come up
you (pl.)have come up
theyhave come up

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Irregular

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past event — the past of the past. Formed with had + past participle. Always implies a reference point in the past.

She had spoken to him before the meeting started.

PronounEnglish
Ihad come up
youhad come up
he/she/ithad come up
wehad come up
you (pl.)had come up
theyhad come up

Future (will) (Future Simple) Irregular

The future simple expresses predictions, spontaneous decisions, and promises. Formed with will + base infinitive. The contracted form will not = won't is very common in spoken English.

She will speak at the conference tomorrow.

PronounEnglish
Iwill come up
youwill come up
he/she/itwill come up
wewill come up
you (pl.)will come up
theywill come up

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Irregular

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment. Formed with will be + verb-ing. Often used to describe planned or expected ongoing actions.

This time tomorrow she will be speaking to the board.

PronounEnglish
Iwill be coming up
youwill be coming up
he/she/itwill be coming up
wewill be coming up
you (pl.)will be coming up
theywill be coming up

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Irregular

The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Formed with will have + past participle. Common with time expressions like by then, by the time.

By Friday she will have spoken to all the clients.

PronounEnglish
Iwill have come up
youwill have come up
he/she/itwill have come up
wewill have come up
you (pl.)will have come up
theywill have come up

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Irregular

The conditional describes hypothetical situations and their results. Formed with would + base infinitive. Used in if-clauses, polite requests, and reported speech about future events.

She would speak more if she had the chance.

PronounEnglish
Iwould come up
youwould come up
he/she/itwould come up
wewould come up
you (pl.)would come up
theywould come up