A friend can visit you at home for a meal or a chat.
The idea
Use come over for visiting someone at their home. It is common in informal speech. In this sense it has no direct object, so a noun or pronoun cannot separate the words.
Examples
- Can you come over after lunch?
- My cousins come over on Sundays.
- Please come over for tea tomorrow.
- We came over to see your new kitchen.
- She is coming over this evening.
- Do your neighbours ever come over?
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Watch out
Do not put the person visited between the verb and particle; say come over to my house, not come me over.
Try it yourself
Choose the correct option. Can your friend ___ over tonight? (come / comes)
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come
Come follows the modal verb in the invitation.
Choose the correct option. They ___ over yesterday for dinner. (came / come)
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came
Came is the past form for yesterday’s visit.
Choose the correct option. Please come over ___ my house. (to / at)
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to
To introduces the destination of the visit.
Practice round
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Choose the correct option. Can your friend ___ over tonight? (come / comes)
Choose the correct option. They ___ over yesterday for dinner. (came / come)
Choose the correct option. Please come over ___ my house. (to / at)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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