If you want to sound more natural in English, you need phrasal verbs. One of the most useful verbs to learn is “go”, because it changes meaning when you combine it with different prepositions and adverbs.
Here are 15 common phrasal verbs with “go” and examples you can use in daily life in Costa Rica.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
1. Go on – to continue / to happen
👉 The soccer game went on even though it was raining in San José.
👉 What’s going on at the feria this weekend?
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
2. Go out – to leave home for social activities
👉 We’re going out to eat gallo pinto at a sodita.
👉 Do you want to go out in Escazú on Friday night?
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
3. Go back – to return
👉 I need to go back to Cartago tomorrow.
👉 Once you visit Manuel Antonio, you’ll want to go back again and again.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
4. Go in – to enter a place
👉 It started to rain, so we decided to go in the café.
👉 She knocked on the door of her classmate’s house and then went in.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
5. Go over – to review or examine carefully
👉 Let’s go over the English homework together before class.
👉 The teacher went over the test instructions twice.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
6. Go through – to experience something difficult / to check carefully
👉 He’s going through traffic every morning from Heredia to San José.
👉 We need to go through the documents before applying for residency.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
7. Go ahead – to start / to proceed
👉 You can go ahead and order without me.
👉 Despite the rain, the festival in Palmares will go ahead.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
8. Go off – to explode / to stop working / to start ringing
👉 The fireworks went off on Independence Day.
👉 My alarm clock went off at 5 a.m. for school.
👉 The electricity went off during the storm in Limón.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
9. Go with – to match / to choose
👉 That red shirt doesn’t go with your blue jeans.
👉 I’ll go with the casado con pollo, please.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
10. Go after – to pursue / to chase
👉 She’s going after her dream of studying English abroad.
👉 The police went after the robber near the market.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
11. Go along (with) – to agree / to accompany
👉 I didn’t really like the plan, but I went along with my friends to Jacó.
👉 He went along with his classmates to the museum.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
12. Go overboard – to do too much
👉 Don’t go overboard with the Christmas decorations in December.
👉 He went overboard buying snacks for the soccer game.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
13. Go under – to fail (usually a business)
👉 Some small sodas went under during the pandemic.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
14. Go without – to live without something
👉 During the trip to Guanacaste, we had to go without Wi-Fi for two days.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
15. Go up – to increase
👉 The price of gas has gone up again in Costa Rica.
👉 Bus fares went up last month.
Go English: Speak Naturally with Phrasal Verbs in Costa Rica
Phrasal verbs with “go” are everywhere – in daily conversations, school, work, and travel. The best way to master them is to practice with real examples from your life in Costa Rica.
👉 Which of these phrasal verbs do you use most often? Try writing 2–3 sentences about your day using “go” phrasal verbs.
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