COME OR GO Learn British English Grammar
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english with Lucy today is going to be a
video about the verb to come and the
verb to go and when to use which one
even some of my most advanced students
make the mistake
so let’s clarify exactly when to use
them and I hope it helps you improve
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so the verb to come and the verb to go
very easily confused now there are two
simple rules that will help you
understand them firstly though you need
to understand what a speaker is and what
a listener is well the speaker is the
person talking right now I am the
speaker and the listener is the person
the speaker is talking to the person
so right now you my friend are the
listener or at least I hope so the first
use for to come is movement between the
speaker and the listener if I say Quan
come here I’m asking Kwan to move to me
or if I say don’t worry one I’ll come to
you I’m moving to where one is we also
use to come to talk about movement from
another place to where the speaker or
listener is now go on the other hand we
use to show movement from where the
speaker or listener is to another place
okay so come from another place to where
the speaker or listener is and go from
where the speaker or listener is to
another place okay so that’s pretty easy
but thinking about it in the moment when
you’re having a conversation can be
quite challenging I often hear my
students say yeah next year I’ll come
back to Spain but they’re telling me
whilst they’re in London so they should
say I’m going back to Spain if they were
talking to their parents in Spain on
holiday and say yes I’ll come back to
Spain next year that would be correct
but since they’re in London it’s go
another really nice way of thinking of
things is thinking of come as moving
closer and go as moving away so what
happens which one do we use if we’re
talking about somebody another different
person that is neither the speaker nor
the listener well it all depends from
which point of view
we’re see anything my best friend is
called Felicity and she is going to talk
to her mother for some help so let’s
look at two different sentences using
both go and cup the first one
Felicity came to her mother for help the
second Felicity went to her mother for
help the first sentence she came to her
mother for help we’re looking at it from
her mother’s viewpoint in the second one
when Felicity went to her
for help we’re looking at it from
Felicity’s point of view from Felicity’s
viewpoint so that’s how we use come and
go all right now I said a lot of words
but I think it’s time to put this into
practice so I’m going to do a quiz with
you right now so I’m going to give you
some phrases and you need to tell me if
they’re come or go you’ll have three
seconds and then I will show you the
answer so don’t forget to pause it if
you need more time to think okay so
we’re going to do five questions the
first one one second I’m just calling
Felicity I’m up Kwan’s party
why don’t you two I’m up Kwan’s party
why don’t you two which one will it be
so the answer is come I’m at the party
so I want Felicity to come to me okay
I’m still on the phone to Felicity but
let’s do number two Felicity I loved
Seville
I’d love to back there one day
Felicity I loved Seville I’d love to
back there one day
so Felicity lives in London so maybe the
answer would be different if I was
calling a friend in Seville
but Felicity is here so the answer is
you go I’d love to go back there one day
okay number three
I went to see the new Bridget Jones film
last night I recommend that you and see
it too I went to see the new Bridget
Jones film last night I recommend that
you and see it to come or go it’s going
I recommend that you go and see it too
I’ve already been so I’m not inviting
you with me and I’m not there right now
so it has to be go okay number four
let’s pretend that I’m talking to my
boss in the office okay I to work
by bus today but I’m going to home by
train I to work by bus today
but I’m going to home by train
okay well I’m in the office so I came to
work by bus today but I’m going to go
home by train okay so now I’ve finished
work and I’m at home and I’m telling my
flatmate what I did today it’s going to
be a very exciting conversation lucky
flatmate
so Angelo and Alisha I to work by bus
today but I home by train I to work by
bus today but I home by train
well since I’m at home I went to work by
bus and I came home by train how lovely
that my flatmates and I can have such
exciting conversations alright that was
the last one I hope this video has
served to clarify the meanings and the
uses of come-and-go and I hope that you
now feel slightly more confident while
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