become, get, go, turn, grow, come 

become can be followed by an adjective or noun, not a verb • 

 Her husband became jealous.  

 We soon became friends. 

The following words are used with an adjective instead of become, in certain cases: 

get is very often used instead of become, and is more usual in spoken English • 

 I was getting hungry. •  

Things got worse and worse. 

:go is used 

 to say that something changes colour •  

The sky went pink  

to say that someone feels a change in their body   • 

My fingers have gone numb.  

with blind and deaf  

He went blind 

with mad, insane, crazy etc   

The crowd went wild

turn is used especially to say that something changes colour •  

The liquid turned green • 

 His face turned pale 

grow can be used in fairly literary written English  

to say that something changes gradually  

 It grew dark as we walked 

with a to-infinitive, to say that someone gradually starts doing something •  

We grew to love each other. 

come is used with adjectives like apart, undone, and 

 unstuck  

• Your shoelace has come undone 

• A few pages came loose  

with true  

• Her prediction came true  

with a to-infinitive to say that someone starts doing something •  

I eventually came to realize (NOT became to realize) I was wrong  

come, go 

Use come for movement towards the place where the speaker is or will be 

 Come and see me at my office  

 I could see them coming down the hill (=getting nearer to me) . | When are you coming home (=to our home)  

Use go for movement in other directions Are you going to Sally's tonight? | I wish he would go home (=to his home, away from me