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Go/went/gone

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.
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.

Yuko went out of the house

and into the garden.

Rani was tired. He went up The phone was ringing. She
the stairs slowly. V went down the stairs guickly.

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Go away. A +
I’m going back home this evening. ff ™e
(See Unit 7.) home

Go + -ing for activities
Go is often used with -ing for different activities. pT 5
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I hate going shopping. I usually go swimming Let’s go dancing.
3 in the morning.

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

Future plans
be going to is often 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.
English Vocabulary in Use (elementary)