1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,559 I'm gonna go to the store in order to buy milk. I'm gonna go 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:11,119 to the store to buy milk. I'm gonna go to the store and buy 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:17,440 milk. I'm gonna go and buy milk. I'm gonna go buy milk. 4 00:00:18,559 --> 00:00:27,519 Let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from New York 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:33,359 City. And here's your English teacher, Michael all Rye. Thank you John, 6 00:00:33,439 --> 00:00:38,479 and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people 7 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:46,039 speak English better. This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven twenty six. 8 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:53,359 Things you Can Go. Go is a pretty basic verb in English, and 9 00:00:53,399 --> 00:00:58,119 I guess because it's so basic, there are a lot of different phrases with 10 00:00:58,359 --> 00:01:03,040 go and different ways to use go. Today, let's look at some of 11 00:01:03,079 --> 00:01:10,239 the common ones. Will go and look at that first. I started off 12 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,799 the podcast today with this sentence, I am gonna go to the store in 13 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:21,719 order to buy milk. That's long, isn't it. Well, when you 14 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:26,239 want to talk about your plan or your intention, you can shorten that sentence 15 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:33,879 by using the pattern go and do something. Here are some examples of this. 16 00:01:34,879 --> 00:01:38,920 We ran out of milk, so I need to go and buy milk 17 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:44,840 after work. I need to go and buy milk has the same meaning as 18 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,519 I need to go to the store in order to buy milk, but it's 19 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:56,319 more compact. I need to go and buy milk. Here are some other 20 00:01:56,359 --> 00:02:00,439 examples. Why don't you go and see if they delivered the mail yet? 21 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:08,000 Kim said she's planning to go and play tennis this weekend. In everyday English 22 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:15,759 conversation, we tend to use this pattern without and you can simply go do 23 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:22,960 something. For example, I'm kind of hungry. I think I'll go get 24 00:02:23,039 --> 00:02:28,280 lunch. Now, can you go find Jack. We're just about ready to 25 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,400 start the meeting. I have to go talk to my neighbor about his dog. 26 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:38,080 It's always barking at night. By the way, when you talk about 27 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:44,759 what you did in the past, you need to use wen followed by and 28 00:02:44,759 --> 00:02:50,439 and then another past verb. In other words, you went and did something. 29 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,280 For example, I went and bought a new car. Last weekend, 30 00:02:55,159 --> 00:03:00,680 Tommy went and did all of his homework before dinner. Angelus said that she 31 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,039 went and tried that new pizza shop on Broadway. She said, it's pretty 32 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:12,360 good. Here are a few other things you can go. You can go 33 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,840 abroad, which means to travel to a foreign country. Here are some examples. 34 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:23,680 My sister wants to go abroad next year and study in France. John 35 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:29,240 is planning to go abroad for his summer vacation and visit Italy. Kim and 36 00:03:29,319 --> 00:03:35,000 her husband saved up money for years to go abroad and explore different cultures. 37 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,000 You can go at something, which means to do something with a lot of 38 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:46,280 energy and enthusiasm. Here are some examples of this. You need to do 39 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:52,560 your homework now, so go at it until it's done. He went at 40 00:03:52,599 --> 00:04:00,439 his job search with determination, applying to several positions every day. Don went 41 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,000 at her new project and worked until ten pm to finish it. You can 42 00:04:05,039 --> 00:04:15,240 even go ballistic, which means to become uncontrollably angry or furious. Go ballistic. 43 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:20,000 For example, Danny went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car 44 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:26,399 in the office parking lot. My boss went ballistic when she found out about 45 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:31,839 the mistake in the report. I accidentally broke my sister's favorite vase, and 46 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:39,480 she totally went ballistic. And finally, you can go blank, which means 47 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:46,240 to become unable to remember or think of something, usually because of nerves. 48 00:04:46,879 --> 00:04:51,920 Here are some examples whenever I'm nervous during exams, my mind goes blank. 49 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,800 Jack went blank when the interviewer asked him a difficult question. I had prepared 50 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:04,720 my speech, but when I got on stage, I went blank. Keep 51 00:05:04,759 --> 00:05:10,480 in mind, the best way to remember this and any other word or phrase 52 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,079 in English is to take that word or phrase, write it in a sentence 53 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,399 that's true for you or true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. 54 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:25,720 By the way. Can you imagine getting the chance to practice this kind 55 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:30,279 of English with me directly? 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