to eat up — English conjugation

Frequency#16734Irregular

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
Ieat up
youeat up
he/she/iteats up
weeat up
you (pl.)eat up
theyeat 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
Iate up
youate up
he/she/itate up
weate up
you (pl.)ate up
theyate 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 eating up
youare eating up
he/she/itis eating up
weare eating up
you (pl.)are eating up
theyare eating 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 eating up
youwere eating up
he/she/itwas eating up
wewere eating up
you (pl.)were eating up
theywere eating 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 eaten up
youhave eaten up
he/she/ithas eaten up
wehave eaten up
you (pl.)have eaten up
theyhave eaten 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 eaten up
youhad eaten up
he/she/ithad eaten up
wehad eaten up
you (pl.)had eaten up
theyhad eaten 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 eat up
youwill eat up
he/she/itwill eat up
wewill eat up
you (pl.)will eat up
theywill eat 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 eating up
youwill be eating up
he/she/itwill be eating up
wewill be eating up
you (pl.)will be eating up
theywill be eating 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 eaten up
youwill have eaten up
he/she/itwill have eaten up
wewill have eaten up
you (pl.)will have eaten up
theywill have eaten 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 eat up
youwould eat up
he/she/itwould eat up
wewould eat up
you (pl.)would eat up
theywould eat up