6 ways to use the verb ‘GO’ in English

Yes, you can say:

I’m going for a dance.
I’m going for a swim.

In these examples, you are using the nouns, dance and swim, not the verbs, so it is fine to use them in this way.

If you wanted to use the verbs, you would need to say:

I’m going to dance.
I’m going to swim.

Hope this helps! My best wishes to you.

1)Both of your examples are correct, but in different contexts.

If you are talking about the one concert that is happening in your town, or the one concert that is happening that night, then you would say,

I’m going to the Coldplay concert.

If a band or performer has a few concerts in town over more than one night, then you would say the following:

I’m going to a Coldplay concert.
or
I went to a Coldplay concert.

2) The expression “go on” means “continue”, as in ” Go on, go on, what happened next?”

3) The other one, “go for it” means don’t give up and continue doing your best to achieve your goal.

My best wishes to you, Cristina.

Brazil, Maui…all beautiful places! Thanks for your feedback and all the best to you and your students.

Thanks for your kind feedback, Martin. My best wishes to you and thanks for watching, in spite of obviously being an advanced student.

Thanks for your comments, Daniel, but I didn’t make a mistake in this case. Please see my answer to Cristina’s question above related to the Colplay concert. The same explanation applies in this case.

We say, “I went to the Paul McCartney concert.” when the artist gave only one concert in town.

In this case, the artist gave more than one performance so you need to say, “I went to a Paul McCartney concert.”

Hope this helps and thanks for paying close attention! My best wishes to you, Daniel.

I have a hybrid accent based on the many places I have lived in my life, though the primary influences are American and Canadian.

The Canadian accent is certainly more American than British, although Canadian English has some special characteristics.

Everyone has his or her own accent, and that is fine, as long as the accent is not too heavy or distracting and as long as the accent does not lead you to mispronounce words, causing confusion for your listener.

All the best to you.

Thanks for your questions.

1) Paper can be countable or uncountable. If you are speaking about the paper as a mass, then you could say.

I need to buy some paper.

If you’re speaking about each sheet or paper or each student’s exam papers, for example, then you could use the other form:

I dropped the students’ papers on the floor.
or
I dropped the student’s papers on the floor.

2) I’ve got a surprise for you.

3) You could use either “problem” or “problems”.

All the best to you, Fatima.

Basically, both “must” and “have to” mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

However, in reality, in North America, we tend to use “have to” more often then “must” in spoken English.

My best wishes to you, azza.

Please see my detailed response to XxReaxX above.

Remember that the reference point is you, not the listener, so as long as you know which bank you are going to , then you can use “the bank”. If you are in an unfamiliar place and don’t know which bank to go to, then you can say:

I need to go to a bank.

Hope this helps! All the best to you.

Sorry for the confusion, May.

In this case, since the official name of the country is the Republic of the Philippines, the correct way is to say:

I’m going to the Philippines.

Similarly, we say,

I’m going to the United States.
I’m going to the United Arab Emirates.
I’m going to the People’s Republic of China.

The reason for this is that we use

the + republic/kingdom/ union/ states

Of course, we can also say

I’m going to China.
I’m going to America.

Hope this helps! My best wishes to you, May.

The correct expression is

I’m going shopping.

This is because shopping is considered in the same category as other sports and activities as skiing, skating, fishing, sailing, etc.

Hope that helps! All the best to you, Anil.

Welcome to the club, Sara! Teaching is a very gratifying profession. My best wishes to you.

Not sure what you mean by the first question.

Second,

She goes to a meeting.

This is correct if she goes to a meeting regularly.

She goes to the meeting .

This is correct if you and the listener know which meeting you’re talking about.

Third. “I go walking” and “I go for a walk” are fine.

All the best to you, Fong.

The correct way would be to say:

I’m going to a party.

Sometimes, though, people use the slang expression:

I’m gonna party!
or
Let’s party!

Here, party is being used a verb, instead of a noun.
All the best to you, Mario.

Yes, you could say that.
My best to you.