phrasal verb · neutral
come along
UK/kʌm əˈlɒŋ/US/kʌm əˈlɔːŋ/come·a·LONG
speakingtask2
to appear; to make progress; to accompany someone
Examples
“A great opportunity came along just when I was ready to change jobs.”
“How is your project coming along?”
“Do you want to come along to the seminar?”
Band 8 sentence
“The manuscript is coming along nicely now that we've secured funding for fieldwork.”
Collocations
- come along with someone
- come along well / slowly
Word family
come along verbcame along verb (past)coming along verb (progressive)
Common mistakes
How is your project coming on?→How is your project coming along?
A job came up along.→A job came along.
Say it for a higher band
5appear→6show up→7+come along
Synonyms
appear
progress
Easily confused
come up
“An issue came up during the meeting and we had to postpone the decision.”
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