difference between went and gone

[Saravanakumar]

Hi all,

'Went' and 'gone' are past and future forms of the verb 'go' respectively. Some one using gone instead of went for past tense,

Example,

My friend gone to his home town.
The ball gone over the top.


Is it the right usage of words?

Regards
Saravan

[Mister Micawber]

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Hello Saravan, and welcome to English-test.net.

Sorry, but you have the verb tenses confused.

Went = past. I went to my hometown last week.
Gone = past participle. I have gone to my hometown every Christmas since 1990.

(Will go = future. I will go to my home town next week.)
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[Saravanakumar]

Hi,

Oh, thanks. I understand the meaning of gone.

Regards
Saravan

[Masaniparesh]

Mister,

What is the difference between "left" and "went". Which one of following sentances arethe correct and why?

"He left for the day"

"He went for the day"

"He went" or "He just went"

""He gone" or He just gone"

"He had gone to US"

Thanks,
Paresh

[Mister Micawber]

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Correct:

"He left for the day"
"He had gone to the US"
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[Masaniparesh]

Then what's a difference between "He went" and "He gone" ?

Regards,
Paresh

[Ralf]

"He gone" is not grammatical. 'gone' is the past participle that needs to be part of the passive or perfect.

'He is gone.' (He is not here)

'He has gone' (He left, and now he is not here)
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