• go — base form (present tense)
• went — past simple (used for action completed in the past)
• gone — past participle (used with has/have/had in perfect tenses or with passive voice)

Conjugation Table

• Present: He goes → He goes (no contraction with -s form)
• Past: They went → They went (no contraction)
• Perfect: I’ve gone = I have gone, She’s gone = She has gone

Usage of *go

• To move or travel to a place
• "I go to school every day."
• "She goes to the gym after work."

• To indicate a change in state or condition
• "The milk has gone bad."
• "His face went red."

• Common expressions include go ahead, go on, go out, and go back
• "Go ahead and start without me."
• "Where did you go last night?"

Usage of *went

• Past simple form of go
• Describes completed actions in the past
• Used with specific time expressions (yesterday, last week, two days ago)
• Common phrases:
• "I went to the market yesterday."
• "They went on vacation last summer."

Usage of *gone

• Past participle of go
• Used with have/has/had for perfect tenses
• Indicates that someone has left or something is no longer present
• Can appear in passive voice or as an adjective
• Examples:
• "She has gone to Paris." (present perfect)
• "They had gone before I arrived." (past perfect)
• "The cookies are gone." (adjective)

Common Confusions

• Went is always simple past (no auxiliaries)
• Correct: "He went home."
• Incorrect: "He has went home."
• Gone is used with perfect tenses or as an adjective
• Correct: "I have gone to the store."
• Incorrect: "I have went to the store."

Quick Reference Sentences

Summary

• go (base)
• went (simple past)
• gone (past participle)
• Use went for simple past statements.
• Use gone with have/has/had (perfect tenses) or when describing something as missing.