English · A1 · verb · 4 minutes
Go: present tense
Use go/goes for movement and the irregular third-person spelling.
Understand the choice
Go is a clear third-person spelling model for verbs ending -o. Pair it with to + destination, by + transport, and adverbs home/there without to.
Core rule: Go adds -es, not just -s, with he/she/it: goes.
Notice it in context
I go to work, and Maya goes to school.
Voy al trabajo y Maya va a la escuela.
Go agrees with I; goes agrees with singular Maya; both destination nouns follow to.
Does he go home by bus?
Is the bus his transport home?
After does, go is base form and home has no to.
They go to the market on Saturday.
The market is their Saturday destination.
They takes base go; to marks destination.
What to remember
- Say go home, go there, and go abroad without to.
- Do/does forms questions in present simple.
Common trap: Do not write goes after does.