Easy Phrasal Verbs: Learn English verbs through conversations

17. Come from (2)

To have your home in a particular place

Present

Continuous

Past

Present

perfect

come/comes

from

not

used

with

this

meaning

not

used

with

this

meaning

not

used

with

this

meaning

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Nonseparable

Verbs of similar meaning:

live in; reside in

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17.1 come from (present tense)

17.1.1 John and Fred have met at a friend’s party.

John: Hi. Nice to meet you. I’m John.

Fred: Good to meet you. I’m Fred.

John: Are you a friend of Amy’s?

Fred: Yep. We work at the coffee shop together.

John: Oh right. Do you live locally?

Fred: Kind of. I come from San Mateo. Grew up there.

John: Cool.

17.1.2 Daniel is backpacking in Europe. He gets talking to some people in the youth hostel

who are also backpacking.

Daniel: Hi. I’m Daniel.

Alexander: I’m Alexander. Nice to meet you.

Janet: I’m Janet.

Daniel: Are you backpacking too?

Alexander: Yep. Going to Paris tomorrow. How about you?

Daniel: I’m staying here in Berlin for a few more days.

Janet: I like Berlin. It’s really cool.

Alexander: Where are you from? I can’t place your accent?

Daniel: I come from  London,  but  I  spent  some  time  growing  up  in  Hong

Kong so my accent is a little unusual.

Janet: Cool! I’ve always wanted to go to Hong Kong.

Daniel: You should go. The food is amazing.

Janet:  I  come  from  Malmo  in  Sweden  and  Alexander  comes  from

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Copenhagen.

Daniel: I’d love to go there, too!

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