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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 Exercises

39.1 Where are these people going? Follow the lines.

3
1 2

5
4

1 Mateo is going to the zoo.

2 The Sharps
3 Zoe and Penelope
4 Asad
5 Lars

39.2 Write about Victoria’s New Year Resolutions.

This year I’m going to: 1 This year Victoria is going to stop eating chocolate.
2 This year
stop eating chocolate 3 This year
pass my driving test 4 This year
learn Spanish 5 This year
watch less TV
keep my room tidy

39.3 Look at the activities in D opposite. Which do you do on holiday? Write sentences.
I usually go shopping on holiday.

39.4 Where do trains, buses and roads go to from your town?

From Cambridge, trains go to London and to Norwich.

39.5 Are these sentences correct? If not, correct them.

1 It’s time to go at home now. 8 I go to swimming every Sunday
X It’s time to go home now. morning.
2 Mum is going for shopping this afternoon. 9 We’re going sightsee today.
3 I’m going to London by car tomorrow. 10 Jo went down to the top of the hill.
4 I love Paris. Did you go to there last year? 11 Let’s go to fish today.
5 Alexei is going to home at 4 o’clock. 12 She went out off the shop.
6 We always go to the same café. Let’s go 13 Please go away. I’m tired.
to somewhere different today. 14 Would you like to go to home now?
7 Excuse me, please. Where does this bus go?

Over to you
Look in an English magazine or newspaper. Find five examples of go.
Write them down in your vocabulary notebook.

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