Confusing words: Come and Go The common verbs come and go are often confusing. One reason this happens is that come and go have the same basic meaning, but are used for different directions. Come is used to show movement toward or in the direction of the speaker or the person being spoken to: My cousin is coming to see me next week. Are you coming to my party? May I come to your party, too? That man’s coming toward us. Who is he? I need to make an appointment with Dr. Jones.Can I come to see him at 11:00 tomorrow? Dr. Jones is in a meeting at 11:00. Can you come for your appointment at 11:30? Go is used to show movement away from the speakeror the person being spoken to: I’m going to see my cousin next week. Are you going to Bill’s party? That man’s going toward your car. Who is he? I need to go to the bank this afternoon. Lisa wants to go to Bora Bora on her holidays. Special Notes 1. The idiom come from (present tense) isused to talk about one’s home town, homestate, home country, etc.: Irina comes from Moscow. Joe comes from California. Uyanga comes from Mongolia. 2. Go is often used with the preposition to: go to bed / go to school /go to the movies go to class /go to church / go to work go to the grocery store /go to sleep / go to a party go to a concert (etc.) In a few fixed expressions, however,go is used without a preposition: go home / go downtown /go uptown Go is also commonly used with adverbs of place, direction, and accompaniment: go inside / go outside / go away go up / go down / go over /go under go around /go with (etc.) 3. Go is also used with many -ing verbs. These “go verbing” expressions usually describe leisure-time activities: go biking / go bowling /go camping go dancing /go drinking / go fishing go hiking / go horseback riding /go ice skating go jogging /go rollerblading / go sailing go shopping / go skating /go windowshopping (etc.)
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:09:18 +0000