4.Go/went/gone

A.Go

Go means to move from on place to another.

I go to work by bike. My brother goes by car.

We went to paris last summer.

Shall we go to the swimming pool today?

You 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:

we're walking to work this morning.

Is this train going to Granada?

where does this road go?

 

B.Go+prepositions

Kim went in(to) his room and shut the door.

Rani was tired. He went up the stairs slowly.

Yuko went out of the house and into the garden.

The phone was ringing. she went down the stairs quickly.

I'm going back home this evening.

 

C.Go+ing for activities
Go is ofter used with -ing for different activities.

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.

 

D.Future plans

bo going to is ofter used for plans for the future:

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.

 

Exercises

where are these people going?

1.Pablo is going to the zoo.

2.Soraya and Mehmet are going  shopping.

3.Imran is going  fishing.

4.The patels are going to the beach.

5.Natasha is goint to Cairo.

 

Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1.please, go in(away) I'm tired.

2.we're going sightsee(sightseeing) today. 

3.Jo went down to the top of the hill.

Jo went up to  the top of the hill.

4.Let's go the fish today.

Let's go fishing today.

5.she went out off the shop.

she went out of the shop.

 

Look at the activities in C opposite. which do you do on holiday?

I usually go shopping on holiday.

 

Write about Alison's plans for next week.

1.On Monday Alison is going to play the tennis with Rose.

2.On Thueday Alison is going to write to Jvan.

3.On Wednesday Alison is going to watch the world cup on TV

4.On Thursday Alison is going to have a tennis lesson.

5.On Friday Alison is going to go to the cinema.

 

Write about where trains, buses and roads go to from your town.

From cambridge, trains go to London and to Norwich.

 

Look in a book in English. what examples of go can you find?