What is the difference btween come and came?
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Came is past tense and come is present tense.
Hello soshaš āComeā is a future and present tense ,for example : I am coming to your house right now ( present tense) I will come to your house tomorrow (future tense ) āCameāis in past tense . Example: I came to visit your house yesterday, but no one was around
Came: past tense, Come: present + past participle Come, came, come
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To ācomeā is present perfect. To come is an action / verb of the moment. āCameā represents the past tense. For example, āI came to the wedding for my sister.ā That is past tense. The present tense of this would be, āI am coming to my sisters weddingā as a form of present perfect.
The word Come is used in the PRESENT and FUTURE Tense, it means that it is happening now or will happen in the future. While you use Came in the PAST Tense, it means that it happened in the past or a long time ago. Here are example sentences below: Present tense- I will come to visit you today or tomorrow. Past tense- I came to visit you yesterday.
Come and came are different forms of the same verb, which means "to move or travel towards a person or place". Come is the base form of the verb, which is used in the present tense, the imperative mood, and the infinitive. Came is the past tense form of the verb, which is used to talk about an action that happened in the past.
Come is present tense and came is past tense.
"Come is the present simple form, the past perfect and the future perfect participles, as well as and future simple form (I'll, he'll we'll they'll come). Came is the past simple form of to come.
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Came is past tense of "come" and "come" is present tense and it is also used as the past participle.
Come is present tense, for example, "Come into my room". Came is the past tense for come, for example, "She came into my room".
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