Come across
Autor: teacher Jota | Publicado: 2010-09-13T02:37:00-07:00

Come across somebody
Come across something 


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*Let's start by reading carefully these sentences below:


1- While suzana was cleaning her house, she came across a 50-dollar bill.
2- What is it? I've never come across anything like this before. How does it work?
3- Whose keyring is this? I came across it in my handbag.
4- Andrelina is the&nbsp; most short fuse woman I have ever come across.
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* Use the sentences above to solve the exercises below. Good luck!


1- Complete the gaps with the correct verb and find out the meaning of "come across"


*&nbsp; chance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp; planned &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp; &nbsp; meet




* Come across means to find or ..........................................somebody or something by ...................................without having ...........................................or thought about it.




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&nbsp;2- If you come across a book in a bookshop , which of the following might be true ?




A- You had no idea it was there.
B- Your teacher had told you to go to the bookshop and buy it.


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3- Which of these are gramatically possible:




A-&nbsp; Lorena came a book across.
B-&nbsp; Lorena came across a book.
C-&nbsp; She came it across.
D-&nbsp; She came across it.


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* After these exercises I hope you are able to explain somebody about the meaning of this phrasal verb. As you should know the verb come means " vir" and the word across means " atravessar" . When the main verb followed by a preposition or a adverb changes its meaning , it is a phrasal verb.
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** Let me check if you really understood the verb "come across". I challenge you to find and correct the mistake I made while writing this exercise. I made one mistake in each statement.




A- Did you came across anything interesting in this class?
B- This is an unusual english blog. My sister came it across on internet.
C- This is a recipe that I came across it in a french dictionary of cooking.
D- J.B. is the strangest person I've ever coming across! 
E- Have you come a girl across called Suzana on your course?




*** As your personal t teacher I am supposed to give you much more than you expect to get. For this reason I will give you more two ways of replacing the verb come across and keeping the same meaning.


1- Run into someone&nbsp; = find someone by chance
2- Bump into somebody&nbsp; = find somebody without a meet.


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Alright Mr. Ribeiro ! How do you like it? I hope this class can help you to improve your English. see you next Phrasal.
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