Conjugation

Eat up

tout manger

Irregular verb, phrasal verb.

  • Phrasal verb: up

    Only eat changes; up stays the same: ate up, eaten up.

  • Object in the middle

    The object can go before up, as the card writes it: eat something up. A pronoun always does: eat it up.

In speech, the helping verbs shorten: I’m, he’s, we’re, I’ve, I’ll, I’d.

Newbie

Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.

  1. Present simple

    Habits, facts, and how things usually are. To say no or ask, add do or does: I don't eat up, he doesn't eat up.

    1. I / you / we / they eat up
    2. he / she / it eats up

  2. Present continuous

    What is happening now, and plans already arranged: we’re leaving tomorrow.

    1. I am eating up
    2. you / we / they are eating up
    3. he / she / it is eating up

  3. Past simple

    A finished action at a past time: yesterday, in 2020. To say no or ask, add did: I didn't eat up.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they ate up

  4. Future with going to

    Plans and intentions, and what you can see coming: it’s going to rain.

    1. I am going to eat up
    2. you / we / they are going to eat up
    3. he / she / it is going to eat up

  5. Imperative

    Orders, advice, and instructions. Let’s suggests doing it together. To say no: don't eat up.

    1. (you) eat up
    2. let's eat up