Easy Phrasal Verbs: Learn English verbs through conversations

21.3 have come from (present perfect)

21.3.1 Shabnam is a professional fashion designer. She has come to Farida's art college to

talk to the students.

Farida: Where do you get your best design ideas from?

Shabnam: I think my best ideas have always come  from  looking  at  past

fashions while also talking to people about what they like. I try to combine

these two things in my new designs.

Farida: That's so cool.

Shabnam: I'm glad you think so.

21.3.2 Simon is in an American history class.

History  teacher:  Let's  talk  about  civil  rights.  How  did  African  Americans

get civil rights in this country?

Simon: They had to fight for them.

Teacher:  Indeed.  Civil  rights  have  come  from  people  protesting  and

demanding equality.

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Exercises

Fill in the blanks in the following conversations with the correct form of “come from”:

1.

A: The company lost a lot of money last year.

B: Where did the majority of the losses come from?

A:  Most  of  the  losses  _______  selling  a  new  product  which  wasn't

popular.

2.

A:  As  an  experienced  business  person,  what  advice  do  you  have  for

young people thinking of starting a business?

B: Well, over the past 30 years, most of my failures have ______ trying to

sell  something  that  people  didn't  want.  So  my  advice  is  to  do  your

homework. Find out what people want.

A: I see. That's very helpful.

3.

A: What's the best way to be happy?

B: I think happiness ______ spending time with people you love. It's that

simple.

4.

A:  Your  mistakes  ______  being  careless.  You  just  need  to  concentrate

harder.

B: Really? I was concentrating.

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5.

A: Why is he so confident?

B: I think his confidence ______ him being so experienced.

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22. Come in (1)

To enter a room, building, or other place where the speaker is located

Present

Continuous Past

Present

perfect

come/comes

in

be  coming

in

came in have/has

come in

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Nonseparable

Verbs of similar meaning:

enter

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