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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

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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 listening.

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, Juan, come here,

I'm asking Juan to move to me or if I say,

don't worry, Juan, I'll come to you.

I'm moving to where Juan is.

We also use to come to talk about movement

form 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 to in the moment

when your 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 they're parents in Spain on holiday,

then 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 seeing things.

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 come.

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 view point.

In the second one, when Felicity went

to her mother for help,

we're looking at it from Felicity's point of view.

From Felicity's view point.

So, that's how we use come and go.

Alright. Now I've said a lot of words

but I think its time to put this into practise.

So, I'm going to do a quiz with you right now.

So, I'm going to give you some phrases

and you need tell me if they're come or go.

You 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 at Juan's party.

Why don't you, too?

I'm at Juan's party.

Why don't you, too?

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 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 too.

Come?

Or go?

It's go.

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 finished work and I'm at home

and I'm telling my flatmate what I did today.

It's gonna 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.

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