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39 Go / went / gone

A Go

Go means to move from one place to another.

I go to work by bike. My brother goes by car.
We went to Paris last summer.

Is this train going to Granada?

Shall we go to the
swimming pool today?
Where does this road go?

B Go + prepositions

Ethan went in(to) his room Yuko went out of the house
and shut the door. and into the garden.

Jacob was tired. He went The phone was ringing. She
up the stairs slowly. went down the stairs quickly.

C Future plans

Be going to is often used to talk about future plans.

Jan is going to study maths at university.
We’re going to visit my aunt in New York soon.
I’m going to learn five new words every day.

D Expressions Go + -ing for activities

Go is often used with -ing for different activities.

I usually go swimming
I hate going shopping. Let’s go dancing.
in the morning.

Do you like going sightseeing Hans goes skiing Carter is going
when you are on holiday? every winter. fishing today.

Common mistakes

Let’s go swimming and then go shopping. [NOT Let’s go to / for swimming and then go to / for shopping.]
I go there every week. I don’t want to go anywhere / somewhere else. [NOT I go to there every week. I
don’t want to go to anywhere / somewhere else.]
I must go home at 10 o’clock. [NOT I must go to / at home at 10 o’clock.]

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