Easy Phrasal Verbs: Learn English verbs through conversations

23.7 have come in (present perfect)

23.7.1 There is a strike and the subway and buses have been disrupted. People are finding

it difficult to get to work. Robert is a manager at an office and he is talking to one of the

other managers, Will.

Robert: Have your guys come in yet?

Will: About half of them have come in already, but I'm still waiting for quite

a few.

Robert: Same here. With this strike we'll be lucky if we get anything done

today.

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Exercises

Complete the following conversations:

1.

A: Did Ahmed ______ yesterday?

B: I don’t know. You should ask his manager.

A: Ok. I will.

2.

A:  I  ______  last  Friday,  but  I  didn’t  ______  yesterday  because  I  took  a

day off.

B: Ok. Please update your paid vacation record.

3.

A: Hi Claire. We’re really short of staff today. Could you ______ for a few

hours?

B: But, it’s my day off.

A: I know. But I wouldn’t ask unless we were desperate.

B: Ok. But just three hours, ok?

A: Ok.

4.

A:  Ms.  Smith,  are  you  going  to  ______  this  afternoon?  A  client  called

who’d like to set up a meeting today, if possible.

B: No, I’m not. I’m ______ tomorrow though. Could you please call back

the client and try to set up a meeting with them tomorrow instead?

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A: Sure. No problem.

B: Thanks. See you tomorrow.

5.

A: Has anyone seen Dave this morning?

B: No, I haven’t. I don’t think he has ______ yet.

C: He did say he was having some problems with his car yesterday.

A: Ok. I’ll call his cell. Thanks.

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24. Come in (3)

To arrive at a station, airport or port - for vehicles, especially trains, buses

and airplanes

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:

arrive; land; dock

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