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Hello everyone and welcome back to 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
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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 listening.
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, Juan, come here,
I'm asking Juan to move to me or if I say,
don't worry, Juan, I'll come to you.
I'm moving to where Juan is.
We also use to come to talk about movement
form 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 to in the moment
when your 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 they're parents in Spain on holiday,
then 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 seeing things.
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 come.
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 view point.
In the second one, when Felicity went
to her mother for help,
we're looking at it from Felicity's point of view.
From Felicity's view point.
So, that's how we use come and go.
Alright. Now I've said a lot of words
but I think its time to put this into practise.
So, I'm going to do a quiz with you right now.
So, I'm going to give you some phrases
and you need tell me if they're come or go.
You 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 at Juan's party.
Why don't you, too?
I'm at Juan's party.
Why don't you, too?
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 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 too.
Come?
Or go?
It's go.
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 finished work and I'm at home
and I'm telling my flatmate what I did today.
It's gonna 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 speaking in English.
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