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We go for swimming classes on Sunday.

which is the verb here?

If go is the verb then what about swimming?

1/7/217:06 AM

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Gustavo, Co-ModeratorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

Hello, Suk1, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange.

@suk1 posted:
We go for swimming classes on Sunday.

The sentence above does not sound idiomatic. Where have you taken it from? We would normally say:

- We go swimming on Sundays.

- We have/take swimming lessons on Sundays.

The main verb is go, have, take. "swimming" is a gerund that premodifies the noun "lessons," meaning "lessons of swimming." The gerund is like a noun. Compare with tennis lessons (lessons of tennis).

1/7/217:21 AM

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suk1Member

Thanks for your reply... It's really useful

1/7/2110:44 AM

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