CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GROW UP
PRESENT
Present
I grow up
you grow up
he/she/it grows up
we grow up
you grow up
they grow up
Present continuous
I am growing up
you are growing up
he/she/it is growing up
we are growing up
you are growing up
they are growing up
Present perfect
I have grown up
you have grown up
he/she/it has grown up
we have grown up
you have grown up
they have grown up
Present perfect continuous
I have been growing up
you have been growing up
he/she/it has been growing up
we have been growing up
you have been growing up
they have been growing up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I grew up
you grew up
he/she/it grew up
we grew up
you grew up
they grew up
Past continuous
I was growing up
you were growing up
he/she/it was growing up
we were growing up
you were growing up
they were growing up
Past perfect
I had grown up
you had grown up
he/she/it had grown up
we had grown up
you had grown up
they had grown up
Past perfect continuous
I had been growing up
you had been growing up
he/she/it had been growing up
we had been growing up
you had been growing up
they had been growing up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will grow up
you will grow up
he/she/it will grow up
we will grow up
you will grow up
they will grow up
Future continuous
I will be growing up
you will be growing up
he/she/it will be growing up
we will be growing up
you will be growing up
they will be growing up
Future perfect
I will have grown up
you will have grown up
he/she/it will have grown up
we will have grown up
you will have grown up
they will have grown up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been growing up
you will have been growing up
he/she/it will have been growing up
we will have been growing up
you will have been growing up
they will have been growing up
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would grow up
you would grow up
he/she/it would grow up
we would grow up
you would grow up
they would grow up
Conditional continuous
I would be growing up
you would be growing up
he/she/it would be growing up
we would be growing up
you would be growing up
they would be growing up
Conditional perfect
I would have grow up
you would have grow up
he/she/it would have grow up
we would have grow up
you would have grow up
they would have grow up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been growing up
you would have been growing up
he/she/it would have been growing up
we would have been growing up
you would have been growing up
they would have been growing up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you grow up
we let´s grow up
you grow up
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
growing up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «GROW UP»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
grow up.
As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream.
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.
Although I feel very French, a part of my heart is in the States. When my brother and I arrived, we didn't really speak any English, and when we left, that's all we spoke when we played together. It was just a beautiful place to grow up.
I just thank God that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.
All things take time. A lot of my films still run on cable and are in video stores, and there's a whole generation that doesn't know who I am. So, it's a dichotomy. In some people's minds I may never grow up.
I did grow up poor. My mom managed to get a job as a custodian at our church, and it was really just a favor for her, and my dad's an electrician - just a blue-collar family, and the house was usually falling apart.
Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.
I look at old interviews and things and they say, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' I say, 'I want to be a producer.' And I'm really fortunate that I was able to do it.
It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROW UP»
Discover the use of
grow up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grow up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Funny, smart and twisted, it is the story of one young man transformed and paints an unashamed and true portrait of the pills and thrills and bellyaches of growing up today.
An exuberant eight-year-old details for his teacher and classmates the astonishing variety of inventive careers he is thinking of pursuing when he grows up.
In this gritty novel about growing up in the inner-city projects, award-winning author Todd Strasser opens a window into the life of a teenager struggling with right and wrong under the ever-present shadow of gangs.
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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You
Grow Up
Provides an authoritative listing of classic and contemporary children's literature that is categorized by age group and pairs each entry with expert evaluations and reproductions of artwork from the featured titles.
A young boy imagines many possibilities when asked what he wants to be when he grows up.
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One Thousand and One Children's Books You Must Read Before ...
The perfect introduction to the very best books for children, from wordless picture books and simple, illustrated story books through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction.
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When I
Grow up: A Memoir
Anyone interested in pop music, or curious about the pressures placed on women rockers, should read this book ."—Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and The Abstinence Teacher "Well written and heartfelt, When I Grow Up is a real ...
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Frommer's 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They
Grow Up
Among adventures detailed here are: Active vacations (snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef) Sports shrines (Baseball Hall of Fame) Other-worldly destinations (Monteverde Cloud Forest) Cultural heritage sites (Great Wall of China) Historic ...
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Grow Up!: How Taking Responsibility Can Make You a Happy Adult
Discusses the difficulties in learning to accept adulthood in our youth-oriented culture and offers advice for learning to take responsibility and recognize the value of commitment and maturity
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Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn't
Grow Up
The character's best-known adventure debuted on 27 December 1904, in the stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. This story was adapted and expanded somewhat as a novel, published in 1911 as Peter and Wendy, and later as ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROW UP»
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grow up is used in the context of the following news items.
Fans of To Kill a Mockingbird Need to Grow Up
In all the reaction to Harper Lee's new novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' one thing is clear: Her fans are ignoring her simplistic formulations about ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
When We Grow Up
When We Grow Up embodies the very essence of Fringe: it's a chance to try out new ideas, and a chance to get up in front of people. The first ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
Our opinion: Time to grow up
Apologists will say these players grow up in tough neighborhoods, where taking any disrespect — especially from a woman — is especially ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
100 things all San Francisco kids should do before they grow up
Summer is in full swing and the kids are starting to scream “I'm bored!” It's time to pull out SFGate's beloved list of things every San Francisco ... «CT News, Jul 15»
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
I wrote on whatever I could find, like loose pieces of paper, pink diaries with heart-shaped locks and spiral notebooks. My wild imagination as a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Baseball's teen umpires grow up quickly or strike out
In youth baseball games across Canada, it's not uncommon to see teens and even pre-teens working behind home plate, wearing wire masks ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
'Our children will grow up in a destroyed country' – Greeks fear for …
A woman in Syntagma Square, Athens, as anti-austerity demonstrators gather in front of the Greek parliament. Photograph: Christopher ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'When We Grow Up'
Critical Point Theatre's quirky Fringe show When We Grow Up is difficult to review for several reasons. The piece is highly-interactive and its ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
Bitcoin Ecosystem in India Needs to Grow up, Big Time!
It is time for Bitcoin exchanges serving the Indian market to up their game or lose out on the little quorum of existing customer base. India is ... «newsBTC, Jul 15»
Hiring Activities Likely to Grow up to 15% in FY16: Survey
Mumbai: Indian employers appear to be upbeat about government initiatives like digitalisation and smart cities as they plan to increase hiring ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
