Come (came, come) - verb: rules, examples of use and tables

Some English words cover a wide range of meanings. One such example is the verb to come. In order to master all uses and make it part of your active lexical stock, you need to work through this topic in detail.

Basic meanings and forms of the verb come

The main options for translation: coming, coming, coming, coming.

Example: What would you do if he came? (Come - a verb that, unlike the word go, implies an approach towards the speaker, return). Translation: What would you do if he came?

However, the range of meanings of this word is much wider. In order to understand the meaning of what has been said, it is necessary to translate taking into account the context. Here is an incomplete list of possible uses:

• Come, tell them all. "Well, tell them everything you know about him."
• Your book came in useful. - Your book was just in time.
• I want to come into play. "I want to start acting."
• A fear came over him. Fear seized him.
• Come to my place the day after tomorrow. - Come to me the day after tomorrow.

Come (came, come) - a verb that refers to the wrong, and hence the forms of its use do not obey the basic rule, and they simply need to be remembered.

Phrasal verb

In English, some verbs have one feature: in combination with adverbs or prepositions, the basic word changes its meaning. The resulting word combinations are called phrasal verbs. They are quite common both in everyday speech and in literature.

Let's look at the verb in combination with the prepositions.

Now find out what the phrasal verb comes in combination with adverbs.

To increase the probability of memorizing new phrases, it is not enough just to write out and memorize. The new vocabulary should become part of your active vocabulary.

Examples of use

The best way to learn new words is to come up with a few suggestions with each of them and try to introduce new vocabulary into your written and spoken language.

The following are examples of usage with some of the above phrases.

• How did it come about that she went to live in China? - How did it happen that she went to live in China?
• I came across some old books. "I happened to find some old books."
• Come along ! They are waiting for us. - Hurry! They are waiting for us.
• She will come back tomorrow. "She'll be back tomorrow."
• I had no idea what to do. But suddenly it came over me. "I did not know what to do." But suddenly it occurred to me that I had to go there.
• I was surprised that such a question came up at the meeting. - I was surprised that such a question became the subject of discussion at the meeting.
• Please, come round and see me. "Please come and see me."
• I came for them at 12 o'clock. - I'll pick them up at 12 o'clock.

Stable word combinations

One more feature that can be found in almost all languages should be mentioned. These are stable expressions - indivisible constructions, used in an unchanged form. In some cases, it is quite difficult to understand the meaning of a phrase. For the most part, these are idioms and phraseological units that you just need to learn.

Come (came, come) - a verb that is included in many idiomatic expressions. The following are some of them:

• ~ It strong - to exaggerate;
• ~ And go - walking back and forth;
• ~ What may - come what may;
• ~ A cropper - crash;
• ~ Unstuck - fail, get into trouble;
• ~ To pass - to happen, to happen;
• ~ True - come true, become a reality;
• ~ Clean - confess, split;
• ~ Rain or shine - under any circumstances, in any case.

Using such phrases in your speech, remember that in the past tense came (came - a verb referring to the wrong). For example: She wanted to pass an examination. Unfortunately, she came a cropper. "She wanted to take the exam." Unfortunately, she failed. "