“Go”, “went”, and “gone” are three forms of the same verb. “Go” is the base form used for the present, “went” is the simple past form, and “gone” is the past participle form. Choosing the right form depends on the tense and whether you use an auxiliary verb like “have” or “be”.

Use “go” for the present and future meaning, and after auxiliary verbs like “do” and modal verbs like “can”, “will”, and “should”. It describes movement, travel, or leaving, and it also appears in common expressions like “go home” and “go to work”. In questions and negatives, “go” stays in the base form after “do” or “does”.

Subject	🇨🇳 中文 主语	Form	🇨🇳 中文 形式	Example	🇨🇳 中文 例句
I	👤 我	go	📝 go	I go to the gym on Tuesdays.	💬 我每周二去健身房。
you	👤 你	go	📝 go	You go first.	💬 你先走。
he	👤 他	goes	📝 goes	He goes to school nearby.	💬 他去附近的学校。
she	👤 她	goes	📝 goes	She goes by train.	💬 她乘火车去。
it	👤 它	goes	📝 goes	It goes well with rice.	💬 它和米饭很搭。
we	👤 我们	go	📝 go	We go out on Fridays.	💬 我们周五外出。
they	👤 他们	go	📝 go	They go home early.	💬 他们提前回家。

Use “went” for the simple past to say that the action happened and finished in the past. It does not use “have” in the same clause, because “have” requires the past participle “gone”. In negatives and questions with “did”, you use “go”, not “went”.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 例句
Use “went” for completed past actions	📌 使用“went”表示已完成的过去动作	I went to the store yesterday.	💬 我昨天去过商店。
Do not use “have” with “went” in the same clause	📌 同一句子中不要在“went”与“have”连用	I have gone to the store before.	💬 我以前去过商店。
After “did”, keep the base form “go”	📌 在“did”之后，保持基本形式“go”	Did you go there last week?	💬 你上周去那里吗？
Negative with “did not” uses “go”	📌 否定形式“did not”使用“go”	I did not go to the meeting.	💬 我昨晚没有去。

“Gone” is the past participle and usually needs an auxiliary verb. With “have” or “has”, it forms the present perfect to talk about life experience, recent events, or unfinished time periods. Without an auxiliary, “gone” cannot be the main verb in standard English.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 例句
Use “have gone” for present perfect	📌 用“have gone”表示现在完成时	We have gone there many times.	💬 我们去过那里很多次。
Use “has gone” with he, she, it	📌 用“has gone”与 he、she、it 搭配	She has gone to bed already.	💬 她已经去睡觉了。
Do not use “gone” alone as the main verb	📌 不要单独把“gone”作为主要动词使用	He has gone.	💬 他已经走了。

“Have gone” and “has gone” often mean the person left and is not here now, or that the trip is in progress. The focus is on the present result of a past action. Context tells whether it means they are away now or simply that the action happened at an unspecified past time.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Often means away now or not here	📌 经常表示现在不在这里	Maria has gone to the office.	💬 玛利亚已经去办公室了。
Can mean experience without stating when	📌 可能表示经历而不指明时间	I have gone skiing before.	💬 我曾经去过滑雪。
Often used with already, just, yet	📌 常与 already、just、yet 搭配使用	They have already gone home.	💬 他们已经回家。

Learners often confuse “has gone” with “has been”. “Has been to” means the person went and returned, so they are not away now. “Has gone to” usually means they went and have not returned yet.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
“Has been to” means visited and returned	📌 用于至今的持续时间	She has been to Japan twice.	💬 我多年来一直在这家咖啡馆光顾。
“Has gone to” often means not back yet	📌 用于重复的活动	She has gone to Japan for work.	💬 她每周都在参加会议。
“Has been in” focuses on time spent in a place	📌 用于持续的变化或进展	He has been in London for a month.	💬 最近事情进展得更好。

“Been going” is the present perfect continuous form and emphasizes duration or repeated activity from the past until now. It is common with “for” and “since”, and it often describes habits or ongoing travel patterns rather than one completed trip. This form uses “been” plus the -ing form “going”.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 例子
Use for duration up to now	📌 用于计划或打算	I have been going to this café for years.	💬 我今晚打算给你打电话。
Use for repeated activity	📌 用于带证据的预测	She has been going to meetings every week.	💬 要下雨了。
Use for ongoing change or progress	📌 在“going to”之后，使用原形动词	Things have been going better lately.	💬 他们很快就要离开了。

“Be going to” expresses a planned future or a future that seems likely based on evidence now. It uses a form of “be” plus “going to” plus the base verb. This is different from “go” meaning travel, because “going to” is a future marker in many contexts.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 例句
Use for plans or intentions	📌 现在时的疑问句使用 do 或 does	I am going to call you tonight.	💬 你经常去那里吗？
Use for predictions with evidence	📌 现在时的否定句使用 do not 或 does not	It is going to rain.	💬 他不坐公交车去。
After “going to”, use the base verb	📌 过去时的疑问句使用 did	They are going to leave soon.	💬 他们昨天去了吗？

In the present simple, questions and negatives use “do” or “does” plus the base form “go”. In the past simple, they use “did” plus “go”, not “went”. The auxiliary carries the tense, so the main verb stays in the base form.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Present question uses do or does	📌 助动词后使用“go”的现在时或基本形式	Do you go there often?	💬 她现在就可以去。
Present negative uses do not or does not	📌 已完成的过去时使用“went”	He does not go by bus.	💬 我们早早回家了。
Past question uses did	📌 现在完成时使用“have gone”	Did they go yesterday?	💬 他们已经走了。
Past negative uses did not	📌 返回访问使用“have been to”	I did not go last night.	💬 他去过墨西哥。

Use “go” for present and after auxiliaries and modals, “went” for simple past, and “gone” as the past participle with “have” or in passive-like result phrases. For location and return meaning, remember the contrast between “has gone to” and “has been to”. These choices cover most everyday usage of the three forms.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文	Example	🇨🇳 中文
Present or base after helpers uses “go”		She can go now.
Finished past uses “went”		We went home early.
Perfect uses “have gone”		They have gone already.
Returned visit uses “have been to”		He has been to Mexico.