The English verb 'lock up' is pronounced as [lɒk ʌp].
Related to:
phrasal verb.
3 forms of verb lock up: Infinitive (lock up), Past Simple - (locked up), Past Participle - (locked up).
Here are the past tense forms of the verb lock up
👉 Forms of verb lock up in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of lock up.
Lock up: Past, Present, and Participle Forms
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| lock up [lɒk ʌp] |
locked up [lɒkt ʌp] |
locked up [lɒkt ʌp] |
What are the 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb lock up?
🎓 What are the past simple, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms of the base form (infinitive) 'lock up'?
Learn the three forms of the English verb 'lock up'
- the first form (V1) is 'lock up' used in present simple and future simple tenses.
- the second form (V2) is 'locked up' used in past simple tense.
- the third form (V3) is 'locked up' used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.
What are the past tense and past participle of lock up?
The past tense and past participle of lock up are: lock up in past simple is locked up, and past participle is locked up.
What is the past tense of lock up?
The past tense of the verb "lock up" is "locked up", and the past participle is "locked up".
Verb Tenses
Past simple — lock up in past simple locked up
(V2).
Future simple — lock up in future simple is lock up (will + V1).
Present Perfect — lock up in present perfect tense is
locked up
(have/has + V3).
Past Perfect — lock up in past perfect tense is
locked up
(had + V3).
lock up regular or irregular verb?
👉 Is 'lock up' a regular or irregular verb? The verb 'lock up' is .
Examples of Verb lock up in Sentences
- I locked our valuables up in a wall-mounted safe (Past Simple)
- I hope they lock that crazy drunk driver up (Present Simple)
- The captain ordered the sailor locked up in the brig (Past Simple)
- The sheriff locked up the crook in a cell (Past Simple)
- We locked the house up and went on vacation (Past Simple)
- I locked up my bike and went into the store (Past Simple)
- We locked up the dog for the night (Past Simple)
- The guards locked the criminal up in the cell (Past Simple)
