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Gone or been

TO GO =>  GONE or BEEN ? 

TO GO => I HAVE  BEEN to Italy many many times. 

It does look simple... and yet, it may also be TO GO => GONE...

- He's gone to school and should be back by 5.00

When should you use one construction, or the other? 

1) GONE:    GONE implies a « one-way movement ». The person has left, but isn't back yet.

-  Sorry, she's not here! She's gone shopping. 

2) BEEN: on the contrary,  "a return trip" or "a round trip", "a two-way trip" is expressed by BEEN: the person went but came back! 

- How often have you been to Chicago? 

3) Two expressions:

a) GONE, "all gone"...  means that the person or object is no longer here! When food or drinks are concerned, "gone" means  "consumed", "eaten" or "drunk".

-  Look Mom! My milk's gone! I'm a big girl, aren't I? 

- For a person, the departure may sometimes be final and the participle then means « deceased, dead ».

- Since her father's gone, my friend hasn't been the same again...

 b) BEEN:

=> I've been there before! = I have already done this! 

It means  “I've been in that situation before”. 

Here you are! That's all!  I'm sure you're more than ready for the exercise ... Go for it! 

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1. Paul and Lucy have goedbeenwentI don't know abroad for a week. They liked it there.


2. “Where’s Jeff? Is he home?” “No, he’s wentbeengoneI don't know to the swimming pool.”


3. Patrick has wentbeengoneI don't know to his friend’s for the night. He’ll be here tomorrow.


4. 'Have you ever wentgonebeenI don't know to Greece?' ' I went twice and I loved it. '


5. 'She’s gonewentbeenI don't know out for a few minutes. She’ll be back in ten minutes.'


6. 'Yes! I’ve gonegoingbeingbeenI don't know to Beijing three times on business. I like it.'


7. I looked and looked for her but couldn’t find her. She was beinggoinggonebeenI don't know.


8. 'Have you already beenbeinggonegoingI don't know to an Australian restaurant?' 'I did and had kangaroo…'


9. Those days of affluence have beengonegoingbeingI don't know ! We’re in a crisis now!


10. I couldn’t see Tom… He was goingbeenbeinggoneI don't know before I arrived.


11. 'Going once, going twice... beingbeengoinggoneI don't know! The picture is sold!'


12. Don’t tell me what I should say in such a situation… I’ve beinggoinggonebeenI don't know there before.