English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 42: Come / came / come

Word List
  • come
  • come along
  • come and see me
  • come back
  • come back from
  • come from
  • come home
  • come in
  • come into
  • come out
  • come out of
Exercises

42.1 ‣ Fill the gaps in the sentences.

  1. I put money in, but the ticket didn’t come the machine.
  2. A: I’m going to Thailand tomorrow.
    B: Oh! When are you coming _____?
    A: In two weeks.
  3. The teacher came _____ the classroom and started the lesson.
  4. A: Where do you come _____?
    B: I’m Spanish.
  5. Come and _____ me at 5 o’clock; we can talk about it then.
  6. The children come _____ school at 4 o’clock.

42.2 ‣ What do you think these people are saying? Use words from the box.

  1. come from
  2. come in
  3. come along
  4. come here



  2. _____

  3. _____

  4. _____

42.3 ‣ Fill the gaps using come in the correct form.

  1. Did you for your letters? They’re on the table.
  2. She _____ back yesterday.
  3. He _____ here every Tuesday.
  4. _____ you _____ to the party tonight?
  5. Pierre _____ from a small town in Luxembourg.

42.4 ‣ Answer these questions for yourself.

  1. What time do you come home every day?
    _____
  2. What country do you come from?
    _____
  3. What do you do when you come into your classroom?
    _____

Over to you

Look up these verbs in a dictionary. Write down the meaning and one example for each verb. After a week, cover the verbs and examples, look at the meanings and see if you can remember the verbs.

Answer Key

Come and go are different:

A ‣ Come in / out

We say ‘Come in!’ when someone knocks at the door of a room. Then the person who knocked comes into the room.

Come out (of) is often the opposite of come in (to).

A woman came out of the shop with two big bags. (I was in the street.)

You put your money in and the ticket comes out of the machine.

B ‣ Come back and come home

Come back means ‘return to this place here’.
She went away for three days. She came back yesterday. (She is here again.)

Come back is often used with from.
They came back from Italy yesterday.

Come home is similar; ‘home’ is ‘here’ for the person speaking.
Mum: What time did you come home last night?
Sadie: Oh, about 3 o’clock.
Mum: What! That’s much too late!

C ‣ Other important uses of come

A: What country do you come from?
B: I’m from Poland. / I come from Poland. / I’m Polish.

We’re going clubbing tonight. Do you want to come along [come with us]?

Come and see me some time. [visit me]

Common mistakes

I come from Poland [NOT I’m coming from Poland].

Tip

Write down any prepositions you find with come every time you see them.

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