Went vs. Gone–Learn the Difference in Under a Minute

Gone vs. Went—Learn the Difference

Updated on September 27, 2022Grammar

Went is the past tense of go.

Gone is the past participle of go.

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Examples of gone and went

I go to the store. (present tense)

I went to the store. (past tense)

I have gone to the store. (past participle)

If you aren’t sure whether to use gone or went, remember that gone always needs an auxiliary verb before it (has, have, had, is, am, are, was, were, be), but went doesn’t.

I could have gone to the store yesterday.

I could have went to the store.