Confusing Words: Easily Confused Words: Come and Go

The idiom come from (present tense) is
used to talk about one's home town, home
state, home country, etc.:

Irina comes from Moscow.
Joe comes from California.
Uyanga comes from Mongolia.

Go is often used with the preposition to:

go to bed / go to school /
go to the movies / go to class /
go to church / go to work
go to the grocery store /
go to sleep / go to a party /
go to a concert (etc.)

In a few fixed expressions, however,
go is used without a preposition:

go home / go downtown /
go uptown

Go is also commonly used with adverbs
of place, direction, and accompaniment:

go inside / go outside / go away
go up / go down / go over /
go under / go around /
go with (etc.)

Go is also used with many -ing verbs.
These "go verbing" expressions usually
describe leisure-time activities:

go biking / go bowling /
go camping / go dancing /
go drinking / go fishing /
go hiking / go horseback riding /
go ice skating / go jogging /
go rollerblading / go sailing /
go shopping / go skating /
go windowshopping (etc.)