Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

go up

verb

Forms goes up going up went up gone up

verb (intransitive) To move upwards.
verb (intransitive) To be built or erected. “There are new offices going up in town.”
verb (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value. “Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.”
verb (intransitive) To be consumed by fire. “The building went up in smoke. Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes.”
verb (intransitive, performing arts) To forget lines or blocks during public performance. “The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.”
verb (intransitive, UK, dated) To attend university.
verb (intransitive) To be imprisoned. “He went up in the spring.”
verb (cricket) To appeal for a dismissal.

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “go up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details