Go/went/gone
1- Go:
Go means to move from one place to another.
Eg: I go to work by bike.
*We can go to a place on foot or in some kind of transport. To make it clear that we are going on foot we can say:
Eg: We're walking to work this morning.
2- Go + prepositions:
Examples:
-Kim went in (to) his room and shut the door.
-Yuko went out of the house and into the garden.
-Rani was tired. He went up the stairs slowly.
-The phone was ringing. She went down the stairs quickly.
-I'm going back home this evening.
3- Go + ing for activities:
*Go is often used with –ing for different activities.
Examples:
-I hate going shopping.
-I usually go swimming in the morning.
-Let's go dancing.
-Do you like going sightseeing when you are on holiday?
-Hans goes skiing every winter.
-Bob is going fishing today.
4- Future plans:
*"Be going to" is often used for plans for the future:
Example:
-On Saturday Jan is going to visit his aunt. On Sunday we're going to stay at home. On Monday I'm going to meet Sam at the restaurant.
See you with a new verb…
Tami