Dear English learners (students), what's the difference between go shopping and do the shopping?
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"We need to do the shopping today" "Let's go shopping this afternoon" "I always do shopping on the weekend"
To do the shopping- You are going out with the intent of buying particular goods. To go shopping- You are going out for a browse around the shops and have not yet decided what you are going to buy.
You can go shopping if you finish your homework. "My friends always do the shopping on their spare time"
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Start test"GO shopping" is the direction to the destination "DO shopping" is the action For example; I want to go shopping with my mom to the supermarket I do the shopping with my mom in the supermarket
For your birthday, my gift to you, is a voucher for you to go shopping to your hearts content, using present participle We need groceries can you please go and do the shopping, it is not a choice.