to grow up — English conjugation

Frequency#17361Irregular

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
Igrow up
yougrow up
he/she/itgrows up
wegrow up
you (pl.)grow up
theygrow 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
Igrew up
yougrew up
he/she/itgrew up
wegrew up
you (pl.)grew up
theygrew 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 growing up
youare growing up
he/she/itis growing up
weare growing up
you (pl.)are growing up
theyare growing 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 growing up
youwere growing up
he/she/itwas growing up
wewere growing up
you (pl.)were growing up
theywere growing 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 grown up
youhave grown up
he/she/ithas grown up
wehave grown up
you (pl.)have grown up
theyhave grown 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 grown up
youhad grown up
he/she/ithad grown up
wehad grown up
you (pl.)had grown up
theyhad grown 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 grow up
youwill grow up
he/she/itwill grow up
wewill grow up
you (pl.)will grow up
theywill grow 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 growing up
youwill be growing up
he/she/itwill be growing up
wewill be growing up
you (pl.)will be growing up
theywill be growing 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 grown up
youwill have grown up
he/she/itwill have grown up
wewill have grown up
you (pl.)will have grown up
theywill have grown 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 grow up
youwould grow up
he/she/itwould grow up
wewould grow up
you (pl.)would grow up
theywould grow up