More go + gerund: weekend activities

In Week 5 we learned to use the combination go + gerund to refer to recreational activities performed during a trip or short vacation. In every-day English, though, the verb GO is used in several combinations to talk about activities people normally do in their free time, specially on weekends:

Weekend activities

 

Go

for + noun/noun phrase

a walk

a cup of coffee

drinks

We went for a cup of coffee in the afternoon

to + noun/noun phrase

the park

the beach

the game

They went to the cricket match on Saturday

out for + noun

dinner

lunch

They went out for dinner on Friday

gerund

shopping

dancing

jogging

They went jogging in the morning