Phrasal Verbs

Infinitive: go up
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
go up & goes up
going up
went up
gone up
1. go up (to) p.v. When you move to a higher level or position, or from south to north, you
go up or go up to that place. Go down is the opposite of go up.
Suzie came down from her tree house to eat lunch, but she went back up after she
finished.
I spend the winters in Mexico, and go up to my home in Ohio in the summer.
2. go up (to) p.v. When the cost, rate, quality, quantity, or level of something increases, it
goes up. Go down is the opposite of go up.
The price of gas hasn’t gone up in two years.
In the summer the temperature in Saudi Arabia can go up to 125 degrees.
3. go up (to) p.v. When a schedule or plan ends at a certain time or date, the schedule or plan
goes up to that time or date.
Do you have the new schedule? This one goes up only to the end of April.
The teacher gave the students a syllabus that went up to the midterm.
4. go up (to) p.v. When something extends to a certain point that is farther north or at a
higher elevation, it goes up to that point. Go down is the opposite of go up.
This trail went up to the base camp at the foot of the mountain.
Interstate 5 goes up to Seattle.
5. go up (to) p.v. When you approach a person, you go up to that person.
There’s Sarah over there. Go up and introduce yourself.
Janice isn’t shy—she went right up to the president of the company and asked for
a raise.
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