# go on with

CEFR B1 · Phrasal verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/go-on-with
Updated: 2026-04-24

## Definition

to continue doing something that you have already started.

For teachers: to proceed with an activity or task, often after an interruption or delay; functions as a three-part phrasal verb requiring a direct object.

## Examples

- Please go on with your work while I am out.
- After the fire alarm stopped ringing, the students were told to go on with their exam.
- Despite the technical difficulties during the first half of the presentation, the speaker managed to go on with his speech as if nothing had happened.

## Pitfalls

- Not "Please go on your story." but "Please go on with your story." — the preposition 'with' is required to connect the phrasal verb to the object of the activity.

## Usage notes

- usually followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form) representing the task being continued.
- Teaching tip: contrast with 'go on' (intransitive) and 'continue' (more formal); highlight that 'with' is necessary when the activity is mentioned as an object.

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