How To Use COME HOME 50 Natural English Expressions
hi welcome to the course 50 natural
English expressions by speak English
with Vanessa I’m Vanessa and in this
course I’m gonna teach you 50
expressions that native speakers use in
daily conversation in the course you’re
gonna hear my voice and you’ll also hear
the voice of my husband Dan who’s going
to join me for the conversation lessons
so I recommend listening to these
episodes and also downloading the
transcript and reading it at the same
time it’s useful to listen and read at
the same time so that you can catch each
expression and each sentence and
understand it more fully are you ready
to get started this is the first lesson
in the first section about family each
section is a different topic but you can
use these expressions in other
circumstances of course but I think it’s
really valuable to remember expressions
in a context I want you to remember the
stories remember the sentences so I put
them into different categories different
sections so that you can more easily
remember them so the first lesson the
first expression today is go home come
home or go to the house but first I want
to tell you two sentences that my
students have often used that are not
correct I’ve heard my students say I
came to home at 6 p.m. every night I go
to home at 6 p.m. every night the
problem is adding to with home we only
use to with house I came to the house I
went to the house at 6 p.m. but we don’t
really use this expression to the house
very often so I want to teach you how to
use go home
come home and we’re not gonna focus on
go and come we’re gonna focus
on home this entire expression go home
come home so I want to teach you 3
different ways to use this expression
first in a positive way then in a
negative way and then in a question
first let’s look at a positive sentence
you can say when I come home I usually
change into comfortable clothes or you
could say most college students go home
for summer vacation this is a come home
go home
there’s no to in this expression let’s
take a look at a negative sentence here
are two examples you could say I can’t
go home for summer vacation because I
got a part-time job near my college or
I’m sorry but I can’t come home at 6
tonight we have a surprise meeting until
8 p.m.
can’t come home can’t go home let’s look
at 2 questions so that you can use this
expression in a question you could say
are you going to go home early tonight
or we could say why can’t you come home
early I made a nice dinner and the
weather is perfect for a picnic come
home go home and now I want to tell you
a story so that you can remember this
expression and the context so that you
can use it on your own when I was a kid
I loved it when my dad came home he
always came home at 5:30 p.m. every
night and I knew it in elementary school
I did my homework on the table in the
kitchen and I watched the front door to
see if I could see his car when I heard
his car every day my sister and I both
ran to the door to jump up and give him
a big hug we always screamed daddy’s
home daddy’s home even though he was
probably tired he would always play
thus and talk to us about our day he
could come home at 5:30 because he
started work early at 8 o’clock in the
morning there were only a few days when
he didn’t come home at 5:30 when he had
to go on a business trip he always
called us and said I’m sorry I can’t go
home until later tonight but whenever he
came home later he always asked to talk
to my sister and I on the phone to tell
us he would tell us I’m sorry that I
can’t come home for dinner tonight but
tonight when I get home I’ll read you an
extra story at bedtime I feel really
lucky to have a dad who cared about
coming home to spend time with his
family
and now I have two questions for you but
before I tell you the questions I want
to tell you what I recommend doing with
these questions there are a couple
things first of all you can answer the
question in your head maybe you are on
the train right now and you don’t feel
comfortable speaking out loud
I understand answer the question in your
head or if you’re in a quiet place if
you’re at home if you are somewhere
where you feel comfortable
answer the question out loud answer with
a couple words a sentence or a complete
story say as much as you can to exercise
those speaking muscles another option is
to go to our private Facebook group for
course members only and you can write
your answer to these questions and share
it with other people or better yet make
a quick video and exercise those
speaking muscles and share it with other
people this is a positive environment so
you can feel comfortable writing and
speaking and using English so are you
ready for those two questions that you
can answer to use today’s expressions
the first question is what time do you
go home from work or school
what time do you go home from work or
school and the second question is what
do you do when you come home from work
what do you do after you get home do you
watch TV do you eat some dinner do you
relax do you play with your kids tell me
what do you do when you come home from
work I’m looking forward to helping you
use your speaking skills and also using
this expression that is the most
important part to help you remember it
and to help you gain confidence so speak
out loud or write an answer in our
Facebook group or make a quick video to
share your answers with everyone I’ll
see you again in Lesson number two