go
Base form
go
/ɡəʊ/
Past simple
went
/went/
Past participle
gone
/ɡɒn//ɡɔːn/
MeaningA1
to move or travel to a place
to go shopping
In use
- Question · Form 1Where did you go on holiday last summer?
- After a modal verb · Form 1We must go to the bank before it closes.
- Past simple · Form 2Priya went to bed early on Sunday night.
- Past simple · Form 2Last Saturday we went for a long walk by the river.
- Present perfect · Form 3Leo has gone to the shops, but he’ll be back soon.
- Past perfect · Form 3When we got to the station, the last train had already gone.
Watch out
Went is the past, gone comes after have: I have went → I have gone. Never goed.
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