Go

We use go to refer to movement, most commonly away from the speaker or listener to another place. We normally use go without an object:

Does this tram go to the city centre?

Can you wait here while I go back to the house to fetch my jacket?

Warning:

Don’t confuse go and walk:

Shall we take the bus or shall we walk?

Not: Shall we take the bus or shall we go?

Go + -ing

We use go + -ing form when we speak about general activities that involve movement:

Jack and his dad have gone fishing until later this evening.

It was pouring with rain and all we could do was to go shopping.

If the activities have a clear beginning and end, then go + to-infinitive is used:

They’ve gone to watch the tennis final.

Not: They’ve gone watching …

We use go + an adjective (complement) to describe changes to the state of things:

Don’t let the coffee go cold.

Their car went wrong again just two days after it had been repaired.

Go is a word with many different meanings. You will find other meanings of go, and phrasal verbs with go, in a good learner’s dictionary.

In speaking, we often use and after go and come before the base form of verbs like ask, buy, check, collect, do, find, get:

Why don’t you go and ask her?

I need to go and buy myself some running shoes.

Can you come and do the washing-up?

She should go and find another job.

Spoken English:

In informal American English, speakers often leave out and:

Would you like to come have lunch with us?

I was expecting him to go get the keys.

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