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ENGLISH VERB

go down

to go down; to lower

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: going down
  • Past participle: gone down

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I go down
  2. you you go down
  3. he, she, it he goes down
  4. we we go down
  5. they they go down

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I went down
  2. you you went down
  3. he, she, it he went down
  4. we we go down
  5. they they went down

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I'm going to go down
  2. you you're going to go down
  3. he, she, it he's going to go down
  4. we we're going to go down
  5. they they're going to go down

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I'm going down
  2. you you're going down
  3. he, she, it he's going down
  4. we we're going down
  5. they they're going down

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I've already gone down
  2. you you've already gone down
  3. he, she, it he's already gone down
  4. we we've already gone down
  5. they they've already gone down

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would go down
  2. you you would go down
  3. he, she, it he would go down
  4. we we would go down
  5. they they would go down

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. go down!

How to use go down

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Prices usually go down after Christmas.

    Prices usually go down after Christmas.

  2. Past

    We went down to the beach after lunch.

    We went down to the beach after lunch.

  3. Future

    The fever will go down with this medicine.

    The fever will go down with this medicine.

  4. Present continuous

    Gas prices are going down this month.

    The price of gasoline is going down this month.

  5. Present perfect

    The price of coffee has gone down a lot.

    The price of coffee went down a lot.

  6. Conditional

    I would go down and check that noise.

    I would go down to see what that noise is.

  7. Imperative

    Go down the stairs and turn left.

    Go down the stairs and turn left.

Good to know

  • "Go down" is descer or baixar: "prices go down", "the sun goes down".
  • The opposite is "go up": "rent went up again".

Where you hear go down

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 2

  • My voice goes down at the end of a story. My voice goes down at the end of a story.
  • At the end of the story, my voice went down. At the end of the story, my voice went down.
  • When the story ends, my voice will go down. When the story ends, my voice will go down.
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Intermediate Level 2 · it goes down

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