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ENGLISH VERB

mix up

to confuse, to mix up

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: mixing up
  • Past participle: mixed up

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I confuse
  2. you you confuse
  3. he, she, it he confuses
  4. we we confuse
  5. they they confuse

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I confused
  2. you you confused
  3. he, she, it he confused
  4. we we confuse
  5. they they confused

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will confuse
  2. you you will confuse
  3. he, she, it he will confuse
  4. we we will confuse
  5. they they will confuse

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am confusing
  2. you you are confusing
  3. he, she, it he is confusing
  4. we we are confusing
  5. they they are confusing

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already confused
  2. you you have already confused
  3. he, she, it he has already confused
  4. we we have already confused
  5. they they have already confused

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would confuse
  2. you you would confuse
  3. he, she, it he would confuse
  4. we we would confuse
  5. they they would confuse

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. confuse!

How to use mix up

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    I always mix up their names.

    I always mix up their names.

  2. Past

    The pharmacy mixed up our orders.

    The pharmacy mixed up our orders.

  3. Future

    You will mix up the keys if they look the same.

    You will mix up the keys if they're the same.

  4. Present continuous

    I think you're mixing me up with my sister.

    I think you're confusing me with my sister.

  5. Present perfect

    Someone has mixed up the files again.

    Someone mixed up the files again.

  6. Conditional

    Anyone would mix up those two streets.

    Anyone would confuse those two streets.

  7. Imperative

    Don't mix up the salt and the sugar!

    Don't confuse salt with sugar!

Good to know

  • "Mix up A with B" or "mix A and B up": "I always mix up the twins".
  • "A mix-up" is a confusion, a mistake: "there was a mix-up with the reservation".

Where you hear mix up

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • I mix up the two winters. I mix up the two winters.
  • I mixed up the letters in Carol's name. I mixed up the letters in Carol's name.
  • With a timeline, we won't mix them up. With a timeline, we won't mix them up.
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I Don't Remember if It Was Before

Advanced Level 1 · mixing it up

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We need to correct the name

Advanced Level 1 · I mixed up the letters

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.