WAKE UP
1. To wake up is to stop sleeping.
Examples of use:
- I woke up at 6am this morning.
- I will wake up early tomorrow and practise my English.
- It's 11am and I've only just woken up.
- I keep waking up in the middle of the night.
2. To wake up somebody (or wake somebody up) is to stop them sleeping.
Examples of use:
- Go and wake your brother up, please.
- Can you wake me up before you go to work?
- Your snoring woke me up last night.
3. To wake up to something is to become aware of a problem, or understand the truth about it.
Examples of use:
- Why don't you wake up! He's been lying to you for years.
- Some scientists think we need to wake up to climate change.
| infinitive | wake up |
| present simple | wake up and wakes up |
| -ing form | waking up |
| past simple | woke up (American English also waked up) |
| past participle | woken up (American English also waked up) |