Went to vs. visited

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Test No. incompl/inter-7 "A Holiday Report", question 1

Yesterday I ......... to an archeological site because I want to be an archeologist.

(a) go
(b) went
(c) visited

Test No. incompl/inter-7 "A Holiday Report", answer 1

Yesterday I went to an archeological site because I want to be an archeologist.

Correct answer: (b) went

Your answer was: incorrect
Yesterday I visited to an archeological site because I want to be an archeologist.
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dear teacher,
I can't tell the diferrence between the usage of "went" and "visited" in this sentence, pls explain.
Thx

[Torsten]

You can go to a museum, an exhibition, a place, etc. and you can visit a museum, an exhibition etc.

visit + object
go to + object
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[arancha]

I thought that we used visit for internet , in the sentence we are visiting a internet site , no???

[Torsten]

Yes, you can also visit an Internet site which means, you view the pages through your browser. When you visit a web page or site you read the information contained on it.
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[Mudium]

then why cant we use visited in this answer
jyo

[Yankee]