Study the phrasal verbs. Lead-in.
She is going over/ through her essay to make sure that there are no mistakes in it.
The fire-alarm has just gone off.
The bomb is about to go off.
This bag would go with my skirt perfectly. But since its price has gone up, I will have to go without it.
Mike is expecting four visitors.
He doesn’t have enough copies and chairs to go round. And the candle has just gone out.
More phrasal verbs with GO …
| go into | examine thoroughly, with a lot of care: We must go into this project before funding it. |
| enter a company/ an organization to build a career there: He doesn’t even consider going into teaching, he’s too impatient. | |
| go off | explode: The rifle went off in his trembling hands. |
| make a loud noise: The fire-alarm went off at the hotel at 5 in the morning. | |
| become bad and not good for any use: This magazine has gone off recently. | |
| go on | continue after a break: She went on writing after a short break. |
| pass (usu. about time): Life goes on. | |
| happen: What’s going on? | |
| go out | leave home to socialise somewhere: I don’t often go out; I prefer quiet Saturday evenings at home. |
| be announced/ published: The good news has just gone out: Mary is coming back home! | |
| be extinguished, stop burning: The candles on the table went out because of a gust of wind | |
| go over | examine thoroughly, review: Let’s go over this essay once again before handing it in. |
| study sth again, repeat: I’ll go over the materials once more before the exam. | |
| go (a)round | turn: A stray cat and my dog went around in a circle chasing each other. |
| move around: Tourists often go around the place by bike. | |
| be enough for everybody to have a piece or a copy: There are enough copies of the speech to go round. | |
| go through (B2) | examine carefully: How often do you go through your email? |
| have bad experience: She’s gone through terrible things in her childhood. | |
| go through with | complete sth despite difficulties: “I have finally gone through with the test,” Jane said to her mum. |
| go up | increase, become higher: The prices on petrol are going up these days. |
| be raised: After the curtain on the stage went up, the play began. | |
| go with | match: This bag goes well with your shoes. |
| sth is included or is part of sth else: Some fantastic perks go with this position in the company. | |
| go without | manage to do or live without having sth: The company provided him no car, so he had to go without it. |