Base
Please come to my house at six.
Come here is an invitation to move toward the speaker.
Past Tense of Come: Came and Come
Come is an irregular verb. Use came for a finished action in the past. The past participle is come again, so say she has come, not she has came.
Base
come
Past
came
Past participle
come
Third person: comes · -ing form: coming
ABA: form patternExamples
Base
Do you come from a big city?
After do, the verb stays in its base form.
Past
He came home late last night.
Last night is finished, so use came.
Past
Anna came to class with a new bag.
Came is the past form; it needs no helper.
Past participle
Your friends have come early.
After have, the participle looks like the base form.
Past participle
Has the bus come yet?
In a question, come still follows has.
Usage notes
Come and come again
The base form and the past participle are both come. Only the past simple is different: came. Check for have or has before you choose.
Come or go?
Use come for movement toward the place where the speaker is or will be. Use go for movement away. Come to my house, but go to the shop.
Come from
Where do you come from? asks about your country or town. Use the present tense, even when you moved away.
Common mistakes
She has came late.
She has come late.
After has, the past participle is come, not came.
Yesterday he comed to my house.
Yesterday he came to my house.
Come is irregular, so the past is came, not comed.
I come home late yesterday.
I came home late yesterday.
Yesterday is a finished time, so the verb needs the past form came.
Practise this verb
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Choose the right form
Choose the form that completes each English sentence.
1.My uncle ___ to dinner last night.
2.Has the train ___ yet?
3.Where do you ___ from?
4.Please ___ here and sit down.
Write the missing form
Type the correct form of come in each sentence.
Correct the mistake
Rewrite the English sentence with the correct verb form.
8.Choose the mistake in this sentence.
Answer key
1. My uncle ___ to dinner last night.
Answer: came
Last night is finished, so use the past form came.
2. Has the train ___ yet?
Answer: come
After has, the past participle is come.
3. Where do you ___ from?
Answer: come
After do, use the base form come.
4. Please ___ here and sit down.
Answer: come
An invitation uses the base form come.
5. She ___ home late yesterday.
Answer: came
Yesterday takes the past simple came.
6. We have ___ to learn English.
Answer: come
Have plus the past participle is have come.
7. Can you ___ to my party on Friday?
Answer: come
After can, use the base form come.
8. He has came to school.
Answer: He has come to school.
After has, use come, not came.
Frequently asked questions
What is the past tense of come?
The past tense of come is came: She came home at nine.
What is the past participle of come?
The past participle is come, the same as the base form: They have come early.
Is it has came or has come?
Say has come. Came is only the simple past: she came yesterday.