Come or Go?
Learning Objective: This is a vocabulary class. At the end of the session, the students are expected to be able to understand the difference between come and go.
Let's consider this story from Joo of Korea:
Hi. I've been learning English in Australia for 5 months. I've been having a hard time because English syntax is so different from Korean. Some of the meanings of words too.
Especially go and come.
For example:
Do you want to come with me to Tom's party?
In Korean it would be: Do you want to go with me to Tom's party?
Please explain to me how to use go and come in the correct way.
Roger Woodham replies:
Whether we use go or come all has to do with perspective and position.
For go:
We use go to describe movement away from the place or position where the speaker or hearer is:
Examples: Are you going to the pub tonight?
Let's go and see Auntie Mary before the holiday is over.
They've gone to live in Australia and I don't think they'll ever come back.
For come:
We use come to describe movement to the place where the speaker or hearer is:
Examples: Could you come here for a minute, please, Diane?
~ I'm coming.
We've come to ask you if we can borrow your car for a week.
I've got some people coming for a meal tonight. Can you and Henry come too?
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Teacher Jacob