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ENGLISH VERB

come from

to come from

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: coming from
  • Past participle: come from

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I come from
  2. you you come from
  3. he, she, it he comes from
  4. we we come from
  5. they they come from

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I came from
  2. you you came from
  3. he, she, it he came from
  4. we we came from
  5. they they came from

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will come from
  2. you you will come from
  3. he, she, it he will come from
  4. we we will come from
  5. they they will come from

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am coming from
  2. you you are coming from
  3. he, she, it he is coming from
  4. we we are coming from
  5. they they are coming from

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already come from
  2. you you have already come from
  3. he, she, it he has already come from
  4. we we have already come from
  5. they they have already come from

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would come from
  2. you you would come from
  3. he, she, it he would come from
  4. we we would come from
  5. they they would come from

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. come from!

How to use come from

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Most of our coffee comes from Brazil.

    Most of our coffee comes from Brazil.

  2. Past

    My grandparents came from a small town in Italy.

    My grandparents came from a small town in Italy.

  3. Future

    The money will come from my savings.

    The money will come from my savings.

  4. Present continuous

    That noise is coming from the apartment upstairs.

    That noise is coming from the apartment above.

  5. Present perfect

    Where has all this water come from?

    Where did all that water come from?

  6. Conditional

    The best advice would come from your doctor.

    The best advice would come from your doctor.

  7. Imperative

    Come straight from work, dinner is at seven.

    Come straight from work; dinner is at seven.

Good to know

  • "Where are you from?" and "Where do you come from?" ask the same thing.
  • It is also the origin of something: "this cheese comes from Minas".

Where you hear come from

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • My bread comes from my mother's kitchen. My bread comes from my mother's kitchen.
  • My banana bread came from my grandma's recipe. My banana bread came from my grandma's recipe.
  • The money will come from the neighborhood fund. The money will come from the neighborhood fund.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • This recipe comes from my mother. This recipe comes from my mother.
  • "Stubborn" came from Sam's first draft. "Stubborn" came from Sam's first draft.
  • The strong words will come from the people who said them. The strong words will come from the people who said them.
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What gathering do we want to create?

Intermediate Level 3 · where we come from

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Advanced Level 1 · coming from you

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