Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 135

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• 00:10

  Hi there, this is Harry, and welcome back to my podcast where I try to help you to understand the english language a little better, help you with some aspects of communication so that you can have some interesting dialogue with people that you meet, whether on your business travels or on your holidays.

• 00:27

  So we look at things like idioms and other expressions that will help you to understand how the language should be used.

• 00:35

  So in this particular podcast, I'm again talking about homes, but I'm looking at the patterns or different verbs that we use with the word home and how to use them properly.

• 00:47

  So we can have a number, we can go home, come home, get home, return home.

• 00:55

  So four particular go home, come home, get home, and return home, we all went home together, we left the party, we all went home together.

• 01:13

  I wish he'd come home.

• 01:15

  I want to start the dinner.

• 01:17

  I wish he'd come home, I want to start the dinner.

• 01:23

  When will he return home?

• 01:26

  When will he return home?

• 01:31

  What time did you get home last night?

• 01:34

  What time did you get home last night?

• 01:37

  Okay, so different examples of those verbs, we all went home together, I wish he'd come home, meaning I wish he would come home, when will he return home?

• 01:50

  And what time did you get home last night?

• 01:55

  Another question, notice when we're using those sentences and we're using home, we don't include the preposition to it's not we all went to home, it's not I wish he'd come to home, it's not.

• 02:11

  When will he return to home?

• 02:13

  And it's not what time did you get to home?

• 02:16

  We don't use the preposition, it's bear, we all went home, I wish he would come home.

• 02:26

  When will he return home?

• 02:28

  What time did you get home?

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