Easy Phrasal Verbs: Learn English verbs through conversations

32. Come back (4)

To remember something you have forgotten temporarily

Present

Continuous Past

Present

perfect

come/comes

back

be  coming

back

came

back

have/has

come

back

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Nonseparable

Verbs of similar meaning:

remember

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32.1 come back (present tense)

32.1.1 Tom and his friend Richard are chatting over coffee. Richard is complaining that he

has been very forgetful lately.

Richard: I can't believe how forgetful I've been lately.

Tom: What have you forgotten?

Richard: I keep forgetting where I've put my keys.

Tom: I never lose my keys, but I often forget people's names. They come

back  to  me  eventually,  but  sometimes  it  takes  me  a  long  time  to

remember.

Richard: Yeah, that happens to me, too. I must be getting old.

Tom: What are you talking about? You're only 26!

32.1.2 Fatima and Claire are both pregnant and are talking about being forgetful. Some

pregnant women feel forgetful, but nobody is sure why this happens to some people.

Fatima: Oh Claire. I've been so forgetful lately.

Claire: Me, too. I can't remember where I've put things.

Fatima: Sometimes I forget what I wanted to buy in the supermarket and

then it comes back to me when I'm driving home!

Claire: Oh, poor you!

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