come
Base form
come
/kʌm/
Past simple
came
/keɪm/
Past participle
come
/kʌm/
MeaningA1
to move towards the speaker
to come true
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Can you come to my party on Saturday?
- Imperative · Form 1Come and sit next to me by the fire.
- Past simple · Form 2My parents came to visit us last weekend.
- Past simple · Form 2Aisha came first in the race last Sunday.
- Present perfect · Form 3Spring has come early this year, so the garden is full of flowers.
- Past perfect · Form 3By the time the ambulance had come, Leo was feeling better.
Watch out
Came is the past; the third form is come again: I have came → I have come.
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