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Hello everyone and welcome back to english with Lucy today is going to be a video about the verb to come and the verb to go and when to use which one even some of my most advanced students make the mistake so let’s clarify exactly when to use them and I hope it helps you improve your English.

so the verb to come and the verb to go very easily confused. Now there are two simple rules that will help you understand them. Firstly though you need to understand what a speaker is and what a listener is. Well the speaker is the person talking right now. I am the speaker and the listener is the person the speaker is talking to the person. So right now you my friend are the listener or at least I hope so the first use for to come is movement between the speaker and the listener. If I say Quan come here I’m asking Kwan to move to me. Or if I say don’t worry one I’ll come to you. I’m moving to where one is we also use to come to talk about movement from another place to where the speaker or listener is now go on the other hand.

We use to show movement from where the speaker or listener is to another place. Okay, so come from another place to where the speaker or listener is and go from where the speaker or listener is to another place. Okay, so, that’s pretty easy but thinking about. It in the moment when you’re having a conversation, can be quite challenging. I often hear my students say yeah next year I’ll come back to Spain. But they’re telling me whilst they’re in London so they should say I’m going back to Spain if they were talking to their parents in Spain on holiday and say: Yes I’ll come back to Spain next year. that would be correct. But since they’re in London it’s go another really nice way of thinking of things is thinking of come as moving closer and go as moving away so what happens which one do we use if we’re talking about somebody another different person that is neither the speaker nor the listener. Well, it all depends from which point of view we’re see anything.

My best friend is called Felicity and she is going to talk to her mother for some help. So, let’s look at two different sentences using both go and cup. the first one, Felicity came to her mother for help the second Felicity went to her mother for help. The first sentence she came to her mother for help we’re looking at it from her mother’s viewpoint. in the second one when Felicity went to her for help. We’re looking at it from Felicity’s point of view. From Felicity’s viewpoint. So, that’s how we use come and go all right now I said a lot of words. But, I think it’s time to put this into practice. So I’m going to do a quiz with you right now. So, I’m going to give you some phrases and you need to tell me if they’re come or go. You’ll have three seconds and then I will show you the answer. so don’t forget to pause it. If you need more time to think .okay, so we’re going to do five questions. the first one. One second I’m just calling Felicity. I’m up Kwan’s party why don’t you?

Two. I’m up Kwan’s party why don’t you two? which one will it be so the answer. Is come I’m at the party so I want Felicity to come to me. Okay, I’m still on the phone to Felicity. But, let’s do number two Felicity. I loved Seville I’d love to back there one day Felicity, I loved Seville I’d love to back there one day. So Felicity lives in London so maybe the answer would be different if I was calling a friend in Seville but Felicity is here so the answer is you go. I’d love to go back there one day. okay.

Number three. I went to see the new Bridget Jones film last night I recommend that you and see it too. I went to see the new Bridget Jones film last night I recommend that you and see it to come, or go it’s going I recommend that you go and see it too. I’ve already been so I’m not inviting you with me and I’m not there right now. so, it has to be go okay.

Number four let’s pretend that I’m talking to my boss in the office. okay, I to work by bus today. but, I’m going to home by train I to work by bus today. But I’m going to home by train. Okay, well I’m in the office. So, I came to work by bus today. but, I’m going to go home by train. Okay, so now I’ve finished work and I’m at home and I’m telling my flatmate what I did today it’s going to be a very exciting conversation lucky flatmate. so Angelo and Alisha I to work by bus today. But, I home by train. I to work by bus today. but, I home by train well since I’m at home. I went to work by bus and I came home by train. How lovely that my flatmates and I can have such exciting conversations. Alright that was the last one I hope this video has served to clarify the meanings and the uses of come-and-go and I hope that you now feel slightly more confident while speaking in English.