come
part of speech
verb (come, comes, came, coming)
meaning for a pupil
1) To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! tree →
2) To come is to arrive or join a place: The bus is coming. tree →
3) To come is to happen or be in an order: Spring comes after winter. tree →
4) To come from is to have a place as home or start: She comes from Ireland. tree →
sense in the lessons
things or people joining a group («4 more came» = add); «come together» = add, «go away» = subtract; in counting «what comes after 9?»; in everyday life «come in», «come on», «come back», «come from»; in stories visitors come and go
examples
- Coming together: add. Going away: subtract. tree →
- 5 children were playing and 4 more came. How many children are playing now? tree →
- Then 3 ducks come to the pond. tree →
- Come here, please. tree →
- Which number comes after 19? tree →
- My cousin comes from New Zealand. tree →
- Can you come to my party? tree →
- Summer comes after spring. tree →
- Come back before dark. tree →
- Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. tree →
note
«come», «come together» = the group grows: add. Trap: «come out of» or «come off» means leaving: subtract. Past form «came», not «comed».
In the corpora
- At the other end of working life comes retirement, when people stop paid work for good.
- A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.
- Starting a new job means learning new systems, names and rules all at once, so people come home tired.
- It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.
- Renters sign a tenancy and pay a deposit that comes back if the home is left in good condition.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «come» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.