Present tense the word went

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One of the big challenges faced by English language learners is the proper way to use verbs.

If you didn’t grow up learning the
rules of English grammar, you might find yourself confused about verb tenses one particularly challenging verb to learn is “go” and its different variations “goes”, “going”, “went” and “gone”.

Common meanings of the word “go”

“Go”, “goes”, “going”, “went”, or “gone” are verbs, words that describe an action. “Go” is the main verb, while the others are its tenses. 

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the verb “go” means to travel. It’s used to describe the act of moving from one place to another. 

It is also used to describe being in the process of moving. Such as when we say “go up” stairs, someone is moving up the stairs.

You can also use “go” if you want to say you are leaving. “I have to go” is a common English phrase that is used to take your leave or
say goodbye. 

These are the three most common ways that native English speakers use the word “go”. Simple enough right? What trips many people up is when we bring the tenses in it.

Go: Present Tense

Mostly, go is used in the present tense, so it is something that is happening now. It can be used with first-person and second-person pronouns and in singular or plural.

Go: Future Tense

“Go” can also be used when you are talking in the future tense. The future tense means that you are describing an action that will be taking place in the future.

If you are going to visit the store in the evening, you say:

I will go to the store.

If it is Steve’s turn to go to the store later, you will say:

Steve will go to the store.

“Go” in the future tense can also be used with first person, second person, and third-person pronouns, both singular and plural.

Goes: Third-person singular, present tense

Goes is the
present tense, third-person singular of the verb “go”. 

Since “goes” is a verb in the present tense, you use it when you are describing an action that is happening now. However, since it is the third-person singular, you can only use it if you are describing someone else’s actions.

For example, if you are on your way to the store and someone asks you what you are doing, you use “go”, like so:

I go to the store.

However, if you want to say that Steve is about to go to the store, you use “goes” because you’re talking about an action that someone else is taking.

Steve goes to the store.

You can also use “goes” with third-person singular pronouns.

He/She goes to the store

Going: The Present Participle 

A present participle is a word that is formed from a verb with the suffix “-ing” attached. A present participle is either used as an adjective or in verb tenses.

So, “go” plus “ing” is “going”. There aren’t really any common examples of going being used as an adjective, but it is used in plenty of verb tenses. We’ll look at the different verb tenses that “going” can take below

Going: Present Continuous Tense

The present continuous tense, means your describing an action that is ongoing or that you are in the midst of performing. 

“Going” can be used here in the first, second, and third person and singular or plural 

Going: Past Continuous 

“Going” is also used in
the past continuous tense. Past continuous is also known as past progressive and you use it to describe a continuing action or when you want to say that something happened at a particular point in the past.  

Going can also be used in the first, second, and third person and singular and plural. 

Going: Future Continuous

Also known as future progressive,
the future continuous tense is used when you want to say that something is going to happen in the future and will continue for an expected length of time. 

Going in the future continuous tense can also be used in the first, second, and third person and singular and plural.

Going: Perfect Progressive 

The
perfect progressive tense is used to describe actions that were:

• Repeated over a certain time period

• Continuing in the present and/or

• Will continue in the future

Going: Past Perfect

You use
the past perfect tense if you want to talk about an action that took place in once or many times before another point in the past. 

Going: Future Perfect

This tense is used when you are talking about an action that will be completed between now and some point in the future. 

Going: A Conditional Verb

Going can also be used as a conditional verb, which is used to create conditional sentences. Conditional sentences describe unlikely or hypothetical situations.

When used as a conditional verb, you can use “going” in the present or the perfect tense.

Present Tense:

Perfect Tense:

Went: The Past Tense

When we want to say that an action took place in the past and is finished, we use a verb in the past tense. 

The past tense of “go” is “went”. So, going back to our example about the store. If someone asked where you were, you can say: 

I went to the store

If you want to say that Steve has come from the store:

Steve went to the store

This works with first, second, and third-person pronouns as well, in the singular and plural.

Gone: Past Participle

“Gone” is the past participle of “go”. A
past participle is a word formed by a verb with one of the following suffixes: -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. 

You can use “gone” in the present perfect tense, the past perfect tense, and the future perfect tense.

Gone: Present Perfect

 A verb in the present perfect tense refers to an action or state that:

• Happened at an indefinite time in the past

• Started in the past and continued to the present

The present perfect tense is formed by placing have/has in front of the past participle of the verb. So, in the case of “gone”, it is “has/have gone”.

Gone: Past Perfect

You use can use “gone” in the past perfect tense if you want to talk about something that was completed in the past. 

Gone: Future Perfect

Gone can also be used in the future perfect tense. The future perfect tense is used if you are talking about an action that will be done before another action happens.

For example, if you want to say you will be going to the store while Steve is in school:

I will have gone to the store by the time Steve gets back from school.

The future perfect tense of “go” is formed by taking the past participle “gone” and adding either “will” or “shall” and “have” before it.

So, you could also have said:

I shall have gone to the store by the time Steve gets back from school

Conclusion

If you really want to learn how to properly use these different verbs and more, you need to practice using them in daily speech. Practice makes perfect after all.

The best way to practice and memorize the rules for when you should use “go”, “goes”, “going”, “went”, or “gone”, it to work on using them in conversation with an online native English-speaking tutor. Your tutor can provide you real-time corrections on your verb usage and your pronunciation and accent. This will help ensure that, when you need to use these words in a conversation, you can confidently “go” to the right one. 

3 формы глагола с транскрипцией

Base Form Инфинитив	Past Simple 2-ая форма	Past Participle 3-ая форма (Причастие прошедшего времени)	Gerund Герундий
go	went	gone	going
[ɡəʊ]	[went]	[ɡɔːn]	[ˈɡəʊɪŋ]
[ɡəʊ]	[ˈwent]	[ɡɒn]	[ˈɡəʊɪŋ]

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Спряжение go в английском языке во всех временах, лицах и числах

Simple Tense — Простое (неопределенное) время

Present Simple
Простое настоящее

• I go
• you go
• he, she goes
• we go
• you go
• they go

Past Simple
Простое прошедшее

• I went
• you went
• he, she went
• we went
• you went
• they went

Future Simple
Простое будущее

• I will go
• you will go
• he, she will go
• we will go
• you will go
• they will go

Continuous Tense — Длительное время

Present Simple Continuous
Настоящее длительное

• I am going
• you are going
• he, she is going
• we are going
• you are going
• they are going

Past Simple Continuous
Прошедшее длительное

• I was going
• you were going
• he, she was going
• we were going
• you were going
• they were going

Future Simple Continuous
Будущее длительное

• I will be going
• you will be going
• he, she will be going
• we will be going
• you will be going
• they will be going

Perfect Tense — Совершенное время

Present Perfect
Настоящее совершенное

• I have gone
• you have gone
• he, she has gone
• we have gone
• you have gone
• they have gone

Past Perfect
Прошедшее совершенное

• I had gone
• you had gone
• he, she had gone
• we had gone
• you had gone
• they had gone

Future Perfect
Будущее совершенное

• I will have gone
• you will have gone
• he, she will have gone
• we will have gone
• you will have gone
• they will have gone

Perfect Continuous Tense — Длительное совершенное время

Present Perfect Continuous
Настоящее совершенное длительное

• I have been going
• you have been going
• he, she has been going
• we have been going
• you have been going
• they have been going

Past Perfect Continuous
Прошедшее совершенное длительное

• I had been going
• you had been going
• he, she had been going
• we had been going
• you had been going
• they had been going

Future Perfect Continuous
Будущее совершенное длительное

• I will have been going
• you will have been going
• he, she will have been going
• we will have been going
• you will have been going
• they will have been going

Conditional — Условное наклонение

Present

• I would go
• you would go
• he, she would go
• we would go
• you would go
• they would go

Perfect

• I would have gone
• you would have gone
• he, she would have gone
• we would have gone
• you would have gone
• they would have gone

Present Continuous

• I would be going
• you would be going
• he, she would be going
• we would be going
• you would be going
• they would be going

Perfect Continuous

• I would have been going
• you would have been going
• he, she would have been going
• we would have been going
• you would have been going
• they would have been going

Imperative — Повелительное наклонение

Imperative

• you go
• we Let’s go
• you go

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