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Phrasal Verbs with GO
= something = someone
Go after Try to achieve something
Go after Chase/follow
Go along with Accompany/go with someone
Go along with Agree to do something even if you

don’t like it
Go down with An illness/become sick
Go back To return
Go back on Fail to keep your promise
Go ahead To proceed with a plan
Go away Leave/ go on holiday
Go beyond To go further than expected
Go by (a name) Use a different name to your legal

one
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Phrasal Verbs with GO
= something = someone
Go off No longer like someone
Go off Leave abruptly/ explode

Go off (food) Become rotten
Go through Go in somewhere and out again

Experience a problem
Go through with Complete an action
Go over Review
Go over Visit someone nearby

Go after Follow somebody
Go after Try to achieve something
Go against Oppose
Go without Suffer lack or deprivation
Go out Leave home for a social event
Go out with Go on a date
someone
Go on about Talk about something constantly/ in an

annoying way
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Activity 1 -Phrasal Verbs with GO
Complete these sentences with the correct

expressions.
You will need to use a variety of verb tenses.
1. We ____________________ for dinner tonight.

2. I ___________ my dreams and now I’m a doctor.
3. I have to _______home and get my lunch.
4. We are __________ the best soccer team in the city tonight. I
hope we can win.
5. Please ________ your answers before you submit your test.
6. I haven't seen Tina for a long time. I think I’ll ______ for an
hour or two.
7. The homeless man ______________ a cooked dinner most
days.
8. Jesse has been ___________ Tim since they met last year.
9. I couldn’t eat the food it ____________________
10. I signed the contract even though I wasn’t sure whether I
should ____________________ the deal.
11. I didn’t really agree with what he was saying but I
_______________ with him to keep he peace.
12. I felt let down when Bob __________ his promise to help me.
13. I couldn't find Jenny on Facebook, I think she is _____________
another name these days.
14. If you keep ____________ your new car anymore, I will stop
listening to you.
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Activity 2 ROLE PLAY
Work with a partner to create a dialogue using as many of the phrasal

verbs in the activity as you can.
How many phrasal verbs did you include?
When you have finished present your dialogue to the class.
Suggestions for dialogues:
Two friends making plans for a night out
Two colleagues discussing a project they are working on.
A parent talking to his/her teenage son/daughter about expectations

of their behaviour.
One person describing their holidays plans to their friend.
Someone talking about their new job

TEACHER’S NOTES and answers
Intermediate ESL students find Idioms and phrasal verbs
challenging. To get a high level in IELTS students are required to be
able to use some idiomatic language appropriately.
This activity can be used in a number of ways:

• As a whole class activity projected on the board you can teach or
review the 25 phrasal verbs and give examples
• Groups of students working together – perhaps test each other
• As a homework task with the role play being done in class in the
next lesson
Exactly how you use this resource will depend on your students
needs and time you have available.
Before doing Activity 1 remind students that they will need to use a
range of verb forms/tenses. You can also use this as a teaching point
or as a diagnostic tool to determine which tenses you need to review
in another lesson
Answers to Activity 1
1 are going out

2. went after
3. go back
4. going against
5. go through
6. go over
7. goes without
8. going out with
9. had gone off
10. have gone through with
11. went along
12. went back on
13. going by
14. going on about

TEACHERS’ Notes continued
Role Play – Activity 2
No resources are needed apart from the phrasal verb list.
After teaching your students the phrasal verbs in this resource:
1. Put the students in pairs to create a dialogue with as many of the

phrasal verbs as they can - you could make this into a
competition if you like have a prize for the pair with the most
phrasal verbs (used appropriately) in their dialogues.
2. Students may be able to think of their own situations but if they

need some help, you could provide them with this list of
suggestions or allocate a suggested scenario to each pair.
Suggestions for dialogues:
Two friends making plans for a night out
Two colleagues discussing a project they are working on.
A parent talking to his/her teenage son/daughter about expectations

of their behaviour.
One person describing their holidays plans to their friend.
Someone talking about their new job
3. Give them about 10 minutes to plan and practice .
4. Then present to the class.
5. The role plays are often hilarious and generate lots of laughter.
6. Students could vote on the best, funniest or the one which used
the most phrasal verbs.

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Phrasal Verbs with GO

Go after Try to achieve something

Go along with Accompany/go with someone

Go along with Agree to do something even if you

Go back on Fail to keep your promise

Go ahead To proceed with a plan

Go away Leave/ go on holiday

Go beyond To go further than expected

Go by (a name) Use a different name to your legal

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Go off No longer like someone

Go off Leave abruptly/ explode

Go through Go in somewhere and out again

Go over Visit someone nearby

Go on about Talk about something constantly/ in an

Complete these sentences with the correct

1. We ____________________ for dinner tonight.

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Work with a partner to create a dialogue using as many of the phrasal

How many phrasal verbs did you include?

When you have finished present your dialogue to the class.

Suggestions for dialogues:

Two friends making plans for a night out

Two colleagues discussing a project they are working on.

A parent talking to his/her teenage son/daughter about expectations

One person describing their holidays plans to their friend.

Someone talking about their new job

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This activity can be used in a number of ways:

• Groups of students working together – perhaps test each other

1 are going out

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No resources are needed apart from the phrasal verb list.

After teaching your students the phrasal verbs in this resource:

1. Put the students in pairs to create a dialogue with as many of the

2. Students may be able to think of their own situations but if they

Suggestions for dialogues:

Two friends making plans for a night out

Two colleagues discussing a project they are working on.

A parent talking to his/her teenage son/daughter about expectations

One person describing their holidays plans to their friend.

Someone talking about their new job

3. Give them about 10 minutes to plan and practice .

4. Then present to the class.

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