I'm gonna go to the store in order to buy milk. I'm gonna go
to the store to buy milk. I'm gonna go to the store and buy
milk. I'm gonna go and buy milk. I'm gonna go buy milk.
Let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from New York
City. And here's your English teacher, Michael all Rye. Thank you John,
and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people
speak English better. This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven twenty six.
Things you Can Go. Go is a pretty basic verb in English, and
I guess because it's so basic, there are a lot of different phrases with
go and different ways to use go. Today, let's look at some of
the common ones. Will go and look at that first. I started off
the podcast today with this sentence, I am gonna go to the store in
order to buy milk. That's long, isn't it. Well, when you
want to talk about your plan or your intention, you can shorten that sentence
by using the pattern go and do something. Here are some examples of this.
We ran out of milk, so I need to go and buy milk
after work. I need to go and buy milk has the same meaning as
I need to go to the store in order to buy milk, but it's
more compact. I need to go and buy milk. Here are some other
examples. Why don't you go and see if they delivered the mail yet?
Kim said she's planning to go and play tennis this weekend. In everyday English
conversation, we tend to use this pattern without and you can simply go do
something. For example, I'm kind of hungry. I think I'll go get
lunch. Now, can you go find Jack. We're just about ready to
start the meeting. I have to go talk to my neighbor about his dog.
It's always barking at night. By the way, when you talk about
what you did in the past, you need to use wen followed by and
and then another past verb. In other words, you went and did something.
For example, I went and bought a new car. Last weekend,
Tommy went and did all of his homework before dinner. Angelus said that she
went and tried that new pizza shop on Broadway. She said, it's pretty
good. Here are a few other things you can go. You can go
abroad, which means to travel to a foreign country. Here are some examples.
My sister wants to go abroad next year and study in France. John
is planning to go abroad for his summer vacation and visit Italy. Kim and
her husband saved up money for years to go abroad and explore different cultures.
You can go at something, which means to do something with a lot of
energy and enthusiasm. Here are some examples of this. You need to do
your homework now, so go at it until it's done. He went at
his job search with determination, applying to several positions every day. Don went
at her new project and worked until ten pm to finish it. You can
even go ballistic, which means to become uncontrollably angry or furious. Go ballistic.
For example, Danny went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car
in the office parking lot. My boss went ballistic when she found out about
the mistake in the report. I accidentally broke my sister's favorite vase, and
she totally went ballistic. And finally, you can go blank, which means
to become unable to remember or think of something, usually because of nerves.
Here are some examples whenever I'm nervous during exams, my mind goes blank.
Jack went blank when the interviewer asked him a difficult question. I had prepared
my speech, but when I got on stage, I went blank. Keep
in mind, the best way to remember this and any other word or phrase
in English is to take that word or phrase, write it in a sentence
that's true for you or true in your world, and then memorize your sentences.
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