Transcript Idioms with come and go - use of english

Idioms with come and go
Manuela Muñoz & Álvaro Temprano
Phrasal verbs with come
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To come: 1. You must come and visit us!
2. Christmas is coming!
3. Don’t come the innocent with me!
To come about: Nobody knows how these things came
about.
To come off
To come across: 1. I came across my old classmate
Martin in the center yesterday!
2. He came across as an idiot!
To come back: We can come back later and see if it’s
open.
To come from: Where do you come from?
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To come by: Jobs are hard to come by.
To come away: 1. The plaster’s coming away from the
wall.
2. Come away from the edge!
• To come forward: She came forward with some
information.
• To come in: 1. Come in!
2. I came in fourth!
• To come down: The snow is coming down hard.
- down on: They came down hard on him.
- down to: I believe those antiques came down to
them from their grandparents.
- down with: She came down with a nasty cold.
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To come along: 1.Come along!
Encouragement
2. Things are coming along fine.
To come at: 1. This is a difficult problem, but we all
came at it with interesting ideas.
2. They came at me with knives but I ran away.
To come before: Playing fairly comes before
winning the game.
To come after
To come up with: The EU must come up with a
solution and be able to set an example for these
countries.
To come around/round: 1. Why don't you come
around and see me some time?
2. The unconscious patient finally came around.
To come on: His French has really come on
since last year.
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To come out: The story came out in all the papers.
To come through: She came through the war safely.
To come under: This matter comes under
the State Department.
To come over: I don't know what's come over me,
but I can’t stop crying.
Phrasal verbs with go
Go ahead – Go ahead with that idea.
Go off- 1. The lights went off in several villages.
2. His gun went off accidentally.
3. This yogurt is gone off.
4. She is gone off on holiday with Sara.
5. The strike went off peacefully.
• Go with – Does this tye goes with my t-shirt?
2. She´s been going with him since she was at school.
3. At the end we´re going with our plan.
4. A lot of benefits go with the job.
• Go over – We went over our notes before the exam.
2. I hadn´t seen her for a while, so I went over that day
3. My plans went over well.
4. Can you go over the text, please?
5. I went over my room before my mum arrived.
• Go on with – Please, go on reading.
• Go away – When the police arrived the murder had gone away.
• Go into – They refused to go into that issue.
2. I´m not really into basketball.
3. He went into banking after he had finished his career.
4. Now you can get into your speech.
Go across – He went across to the position.
Go by – Ten year went off before we saw each ther again.
2. I usually don´t go by my watch, it´s a bit slow.
3. By the time I will go by, there won´t be anyone at home.
• Go up to - You have to go up to him and ask him for a date.
2. I´ll go up to Cambridge when I finish secondary school
3. The book only goes up to the end of the first world war.
Go along with - I´ve to go along with the decision.
2. I plan to go along with my sister until Sevilla.
Go forth – You have to go forth and meet new people.
Go on at - I will go on at my parents until they give me permission to
go to the party.
• Go over to - I´m going over to New York next month.
2. She went over to Islam when she was married.
3. I used to drink Fanta but I´ve gone over Nestea.
Go past - He always goes past without saying hello.
Go out for - She went out for a place on the team.
Go through - You wouldn´t believe what I went through when I
was ill.
Go on about - She is always going about her kids.
Go back on - The government has gone back on their promise of
not raising taxes.
Idioms with come
• Come what mayThat is something we must avoid come
what may.
• Come true  I hope one day my dreams come true.
• Easy come easy go  What easy come easy go, as Scout.
• Come away empty-handed  Go to the bank and ask
for the loan again. This time don't come away emptyhanded.
• Come full circle  The family sold the house
generations ago, but things have come full circle and one
of their descendants lives there now.
Idioms with come
• Come to a head At the end of the week, everything came
to a head and Sam was fired.
• Come apart at the seams After he lost his job Brad
seemed to come apart at the seams.
• Come up to scratch Above all, our performance in the field
of job creation does not come up to scratch.
• Come to mind Another idea comes to my mind.
Idioms with go
• GO WITH THE FLOW= To follow the majority.
= To wait and see what´s going to happen.
GO ABOVE AND BEYOND= To try to do better; to do a better job or work harder
than is necessary.
GO ALL IN= To put all of your resources or money into some kind of effort.
GO ALL OUT= To work very hard at something to achieve success.
GO AWAY EMPTY HANDED= Leave without gaining or getting anything.
TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN= To go againts your principles.
GO WITH THE TIMES= To get serious about doing something.
TO GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE= To take advantage of what is happening.
Complete:
• It's always good to know that, ___________, your job
is safe. (IDIOM)
• The other day I ____________ with Bob. He told me
that he was in the city for one week. (VERB)
• I ______________ an idea, but they didn’t like it.
(VERB)
• I left publishing, tried teaching, and now I've_______
____ back to publishing. (IDIOM)
• You'll __________ after you hear the whole story.
(VERB)
Continue completing:
• I’ve finally ________ fourth position. (VERB)
• Your plan to skip school _______________(IDIOM)
• I refuse to pay the mechanic’s bill because the work
didn’t _____________.(IDIOM)
• The whole story _________ at the trial. (VERB)
• I hope one day my dreams___________(IDIOM)
Activities:
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She gives all what she has but she always goes .... ….. ……
I don´t really agree, but I have to go …. …. the decision.
He never complains about anything, he always goes …. … ….
She is a bighead, she always …. .. …. what she buys.
.. …. … ….. and start lookinf for a job!
The polices always arrived late, by the time they came the murder
had … ….
- If you want to get that position, you must .. … …
- He would never be unfaithful to his couple, he thinks that would be
to go ……. … …..