to get worked up — English conjugation

Frequency#17211Irregular

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
Iget worked up
youget worked up
he/she/itgets worked up
weget worked up
you (pl.)get worked up
theyget worked 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
Igot worked up
yougot worked up
he/she/itgot worked up
wegot worked up
you (pl.)got worked up
theygot worked 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 getting worked up
youare getting worked up
he/she/itis getting worked up
weare getting worked up
you (pl.)are getting worked up
theyare getting worked 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 getting worked up
youwere getting worked up
he/she/itwas getting worked up
wewere getting worked up
you (pl.)were getting worked up
theywere getting worked 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 gotten worked up
youhave gotten worked up
he/she/ithas gotten worked up
wehave gotten worked up
you (pl.)have gotten worked up
theyhave gotten worked 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 gotten worked up
youhad gotten worked up
he/she/ithad gotten worked up
wehad gotten worked up
you (pl.)had gotten worked up
theyhad gotten worked 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 get worked up
youwill get worked up
he/she/itwill get worked up
wewill get worked up
you (pl.)will get worked up
theywill get worked 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 getting worked up
youwill be getting worked up
he/she/itwill be getting worked up
wewill be getting worked up
you (pl.)will be getting worked up
theywill be getting worked 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 gotten worked up
youwill have gotten worked up
he/she/itwill have gotten worked up
wewill have gotten worked up
you (pl.)will have gotten worked up
theywill have gotten worked 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 get worked up
youwould get worked up
he/she/itwould get worked up
wewould get worked up
you (pl.)would get worked up
theywould get worked up