to dress up — English conjugation

Frequency#16671Regular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Regular

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
Idress up
youdress up
he/she/itdresses up
wedress up
you (pl.)dress up
theydress up

Past (Simple Past) Regular

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
Idressed up
youdressed up
he/she/itdressed up
wedressed up
you (pl.)dressed up
theydressed up

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Regular

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 dressing up
youare dressing up
he/she/itis dressing up
weare dressing up
you (pl.)are dressing up
theyare dressing up

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Regular

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 dressing up
youwere dressing up
he/she/itwas dressing up
wewere dressing up
you (pl.)were dressing up
theywere dressing up

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Regular

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 dressed up
youhave dressed up
he/she/ithas dressed up
wehave dressed up
you (pl.)have dressed up
theyhave dressed up

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Regular

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 dressed up
youhad dressed up
he/she/ithad dressed up
wehad dressed up
you (pl.)had dressed up
theyhad dressed up

Future (will) (Future Simple) Regular

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 dress up
youwill dress up
he/she/itwill dress up
wewill dress up
you (pl.)will dress up
theywill dress up

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Regular

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 dressing up
youwill be dressing up
he/she/itwill be dressing up
wewill be dressing up
you (pl.)will be dressing up
theywill be dressing up

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Regular

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 dressed up
youwill have dressed up
he/she/itwill have dressed up
wewill have dressed up
you (pl.)will have dressed up
theywill have dressed up

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Regular

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 dress up
youwould dress up
he/she/itwould dress up
wewould dress up
you (pl.)would dress up
theywould dress up