English reference

pick someone up

to collect a person by car, taxi, or rideshare and take them with you

Regular · 16 form tables

You covers singular and plural. Forms are shown for the meaning listed; some continuous forms need a dynamic use of the verb.

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Present

Present simple

pick someone up: Present simple
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Present continuous

pick someone up: Present continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Present perfect

pick someone up: Present perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Present perfect continuous

pick someone up: Present perfect continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Past

Past simple

pick someone up: Past simple
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Past continuous

pick someone up: Past continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Past perfect

pick someone up: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Past perfect continuous

pick someone up: Past perfect continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Future

Future (will)

pick someone up: Future (will)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Future (going to)

pick someone up: Future (going to)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Future continuous

pick someone up: Future continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Future perfect

pick someone up: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Future perfect continuous

pick someone up: Future perfect continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Conditional

Conditional (would)

pick someone up: Conditional (would)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Conditional perfect

pick someone up: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
I
you
he/she/it
we
they

Imperative

Imperative

pick someone up: Imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
you
we

Additional forms

Infinitive with to
Gerund
Present participle
Past participle
Past infinitive
Perfect participle

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