It's time you got up

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/elem-19 "Late Again", question 3

It's time you got ..........

(a) on
(b) in
(c) over
(d) up

Test No. incompl/elem-19 "Late Again", answer 3

It's time you got up.

Correct answer: (d) up
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i ignore what is the meaning

[Alan]

It's time you got up means it's time for you to get out of bed and start the day.
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[rinju_m@yahoo.com]

Hi Alan,
Please tell why 'got up' why not 'get up'?

thanks anr regards

[Torsten]

This is the construction:

It's time + subject + simple past.

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[Guest]

it isn't "got" because is in the subjunctive?

thanks!

[Torsten]

Yes, got is the simple past form of 'get'.

TOEIC listening, photographs: Two women with their trolleys

[Kati Svaby]

Hi Torsten,

I learnt till now that it's time we can use infinitive or past simple.
It's time ( for sb) to do sth.
-It's time to go home.
-It's time we went home. ( this is subjunctive)

but: It's high time ...(this makes the criticism stronger) and it is obligatory the subjunctive i.e. simple past:
It's high time you realized that you' re not most important person in the world.