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Use go in common movement, activity and change patterns, including go to + place, go + -ing activity and go + adjective.
Overview
Use go in common movement, activity and change patterns, including go to + place, go + -ing activity and go + adjective.
Form and rules
Use go to + place: go to work, go to school, go to the bank.
Do not normally use to before home: go home.
Use go + -ing for many leisure activities: go shopping, go swimming, go skiing.
Use go and + verb informally for a short action: I'll go and ask.
Go + adjective can describe a change, often negative or noticeable: go wrong, go dark, go crazy.
A closer look
Use go and + verb informally for a short action: I'll go and ask.
Go + adjective can describe a change, often negative or noticeable: go wrong, go dark, go crazy.
Examples
I go to work by bus.
Let's go shopping after lunch.
She went home early.
Something has gone wrong.
I'll go and get some water.
Common mistakes
Many leisure activities use go + -ing.
Go home is used without to.
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The test combines multiple choice, gap completion, error correction, and sentence building so students have to recognise and produce the grammar, not simply reread the rule.