GO + verbING – English Grammar Profiler
Listed at A2 in the English Vocabulary Profile:
go + verb-ing
to go somewhere to do a particular activity
For example:
If you guys aren’t doing anything, we‘re all gonna go surfing.
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An iWeb search for:
GO _VVG
1 GO SHOPPING 15263
‘GO SHOPPING’ is listed at A1.
Yeah, that‘s a good idea, because I was gonna go shopping for a wheelchair anyway.
2 WENT MISSING 12104
‘GO MSSING’ is not an activity, so it is not A2. It is unlisted in the EVP. It means:
to become lost or absent, often under suspicious circumstances; disappear.
For example:
A lot of things went missing back then.
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3 GO LOOKING 7359 4 WENT LOOKING 5909 5 GO HIKING 3547 6 WENT SHOPPING 3477 7 GONE MISSING 2647 8 GO SWIMMING 2275 9 GO RUNNING 2162 10 GO MISSING 2072 11 GO SEARCHING 1995 12 GOING SHOPPING 1985 13 GO EXPLORING 1789 14 WENT SEARCHING 1467 15 GO FLYING 1418 16 GOES MISSING 1337 17 WENT FISHING 1291 18 WENT FLYING 1114 19 WENT RUNNING 1001 20 WENT SWIMMING 947 21 GO RACING 920 22 GO WALKING 888 23 GO USING 847 24 GOES LOOKING 779
25 GO SURFING 737
26 GO DIGGING 724 27 GO RIDING 723 28 GO KAYAKING 626 29 WENT HIKING 611 30 GO CLUBBING 594 31 GO MARCHING 576 32 GO SNORKELING 574 33 GO THINKING 550 34 GO CHASING 507 35 GO TRAVELLING 450 36 GO SAILING 441 37 GOES SHOPPING 431 38 GO DIVING 430 39 WENT WALKING 417 40 GOES FLYING 401 41 GO BACKPACKING 392 42 GONE LOOKING 389 43 GO DANCING 372 44 GO GETTING 369 45 WENT EXPLORING 363 46 GO MAKING 351 47 GO WANDERING 338 48 GO CRUISING 317 49 GO TRYING 304 50 GO RUSHING 288 51 GO EXPECTING 274 52 GO CAMPING 273 53 GO SHOOTING 252 54 WENT TRAVELLING 250 55 GO HUNTING 242 56 GO BEGGING 238 57 WENT DIGGING 231 58 GO BOATING 223 59 GOES RUNNING 217 60 GO BUYING 211 61 GO JOGGING 210 62 GO SKYDIVING 208 63 GO THROWING 208 64 WENT RIDING 202 65 GONE SHOPPING 200 66 GO BREAKING 196 67 GO SLEDDING 187 68 GO DRINKING 184 69 GO SKATING 182 70 WENT SAILING 176 71 GO DRIVING 168 72 GOING HIKING 167 73 GO SNORKELLING 165 74 GOING USING 165 75 WENT BACKPACKING 164 76 GO POKING 162 77 GOES SEARCHING 159 78 GO FOLLOWING 152 79 WENT BEGGING 144 80 WENT WANDERING 141 81 WENT CRASHING 137 82 WENT SNORKELING 135 83 GO TREKKING 134 84 GOING LOOKING 130 85 GO PUTTING 127 86 WENT RACING 127 87 GO ASKING 126 88 GO TELLING 124 89 GO MESSING 124 90 GO CLIMBING 120 91 WENT SURFING 118 92 WENT DANCING 111 93 GONE SWIMMING 110 94 WENT CAMPING 110 95 GO TRAVELING 110 96 WENT KAYAKING 108 97 GO PICKING 107 98 GONE LEAVING 104 99 WENT SHOOTING 102
100 GO FORAGING 101
A2 vocabulary:
breaking, camping, climbing, fishing, following, missing, picking, sailing, skating, surfing, throwing, trying