go to ~ / go ~ing

Preview　（腕試し）

Which of the following sentences are natural?

（次の文章の中では、どれが自然でしょうか？　チェックボックスも利用できます。）

1. I went shopping with Junko last Wednesday.

2. Shoko likes to go to Umeda to go to bowling.

3. Have you ever been to hiking?

4. Let's go to the movies sometime.

5. Tamae often goes to swimming for exercise.

A. 1, 2 & 4

B. 3 & 5

C. all

D. none

　

Explanation （説明）　

1. Place vs. Activity

You can go to a place, but you can't go to an activity.

unnatural: I went to Umeda yesterday. I went to shopping.

natural: I went to Umeda yesterday. I went shopping.

　

2. Adverbs （副詞)

You usually don't go to an adverb.

unnatural: I like Umeda. I went to there yesterday. (There is an adverb.)

natural: Yukie is going abroad. She is going to Canada. (Abroad is usually used as an adverb.)

(Please note that in some cases words such as "there" and "abroad" can be used as nouns. The examples above show the most natural usage, but they are not the only possibilities of the usage of these words.)

　

3. Home vs. To Home　

We usually use home as follows:

When speaking of our own home, we usually use it as an adverb.

I usually go home by bicycle. (No "to.")

When speaking of someone else's home, we often use it as a noun.

Kaori sometimes goes to Chizuru's home.

　

4. Go on ~

Finally we use go on for a few nouns.

Chie wants to go on a trip during Golden Week.

Isao often goes on business trips.

Exercises（練習）

1. I sometimes go to go Osaka Castle Park on the weekends.

2. Let's go to go biking sometime.

3. Have you ever gone to gone surfing?

4. I went to went shopping with some friends last Saturday.

5. Yuko has been to been abroad once.

6. Going to Going old temples is very interesting for me.

7. Satoshi likes to go to go golfing on weekends.

8. Kyoko often goes to goes Makiko's home after work.

9. Keiko will go go on business trip next month, but she's not sure when.

10. I went to went home at 9:30 last night.

　

Answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.