Easy Phrasal Verbs: Learn English verbs through conversations

born overseas. They are talking about this.

Lucas: Where did your grandparents come from?

Maria:  My  mom’s  parents  were  born  in  the  US,  but  my  dad’s  parents

came from Turkey. How about you?

Lucas: I think all my grandparents came from Germany. They came here

to escape the Nazis.

Maria: I see.

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16.3 have come from (present perfect)

16.3.1 David and John work in the student admissions office of a college. They are

analyzing some data about student numbers.

David: Where have the majority of EFL students come from over the past

five years?

John:  The  majority  have  come  from  European  countries,  but  a  lot  have

also come from Asia.

David: I see. How many students have come from Asia over the past five

years?

John: Six hundred and thirty students have come from Asia since 2010.

David: That’s a lot.

John: Yes, it is.

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Exercises

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

1.

A: Did your grandparents come from overseas? Mine did.

B: Well, my dad’s parents ______ Greece.

A: Do you visit your relatives in Greece?

B: Sure do. Every summer.

A: Wow. That must be nice.

2.

A: Does anybody in our class ______ China?

B: Yes. I do. I ______ Beijing.

C: I also ______ China.

3.

A:  Many  famous  scientists  in  the  United  States  have  ______  overseas.

They were immigrants.

B: Like who?

A: Like… Einstein. He ______ Germany.

B: I see. That’s really interesting.

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