Listed at A2 in the English Vocabulary Profile:
go + verb-ing
to go somewhere to do a particular activity
For example:
If you guys aren’t doing anything, we‘re all gonna go surfing.
An iWeb search for:
GO _VVG
1 GO SHOPPING 15263
‘GO SHOPPING’ is listed at A1.
Yeah, that‘s a good idea, because I was gonna go shopping for a wheelchair anyway.
2 WENT MISSING 12104
‘GO MSSING’ is not an activity, so it is not A2. It is unlisted in the EVP. It means:
to become lost or absent, often under suspicious circumstances; disappear.
For example:
A lot of things went missing back then.
3 GO LOOKING 7359
4 WENT LOOKING 5909
5 GO HIKING 3547
6 WENT SHOPPING 3477
7 GONE MISSING 2647
8 GO SWIMMING 2275
9 GO RUNNING 2162
10 GO MISSING 2072
11 GO SEARCHING 1995
12 GOING SHOPPING 1985
13 GO EXPLORING 1789
14 WENT SEARCHING 1467
15 GO FLYING 1418
16 GOES MISSING 1337
17 WENT FISHING 1291
18 WENT FLYING 1114
19 WENT RUNNING 1001
20 WENT SWIMMING 947
21 GO RACING 920
22 GO WALKING 888
23 GO USING 847
24 GOES LOOKING 779
25 GO SURFING 737
26 GO DIGGING 724
27 GO RIDING 723
28 GO KAYAKING 626
29 WENT HIKING 611
30 GO CLUBBING 594
31 GO MARCHING 576
32 GO SNORKELING 574
33 GO THINKING 550
34 GO CHASING 507
35 GO TRAVELLING 450
36 GO SAILING 441
37 GOES SHOPPING 431
38 GO DIVING 430
39 WENT WALKING 417
40 GOES FLYING 401
41 GO BACKPACKING 392
42 GONE LOOKING 389
43 GO DANCING 372
44 GO GETTING 369
45 WENT EXPLORING 363
46 GO MAKING 351
47 GO WANDERING 338
48 GO CRUISING 317
49 GO TRYING 304
50 GO RUSHING 288
51 GO EXPECTING 274
52 GO CAMPING 273
53 GO SHOOTING 252
54 WENT TRAVELLING 250
55 GO HUNTING 242
56 GO BEGGING 238
57 WENT DIGGING 231
58 GO BOATING 223
59 GOES RUNNING 217
60 GO BUYING 211
61 GO JOGGING 210
62 GO SKYDIVING 208
63 GO THROWING 208
64 WENT RIDING 202
65 GONE SHOPPING 200
66 GO BREAKING 196
67 GO SLEDDING 187
68 GO DRINKING 184
69 GO SKATING 182
70 WENT SAILING 176
71 GO DRIVING 168
72 GOING HIKING 167
73 GO SNORKELLING 165
74 GOING USING 165
75 WENT BACKPACKING 164
76 GO POKING 162
77 GOES SEARCHING 159
78 GO FOLLOWING 152
79 WENT BEGGING 144
80 WENT WANDERING 141
81 WENT CRASHING 137
82 WENT SNORKELING 135
83 GO TREKKING 134
84 GOING LOOKING 130
85 GO PUTTING 127
86 WENT RACING 127
87 GO ASKING 126
88 GO TELLING 124
89 GO MESSING 124
90 GO CLIMBING 120
91 WENT SURFING 118
92 WENT DANCING 111
93 GONE SWIMMING 110
94 WENT CAMPING 110
95 GO TRAVELING 110
96 WENT KAYAKING 108
97 GO PICKING 107
98 GONE LEAVING 104
99 WENT SHOOTING 102
100 GO FORAGING 101
A2 vocabulary:
breaking, camping, climbing, fishing, following, missing, picking, sailing, skating, surfing, throwing, trying