🔥 EXPLAINED! The Difference Between “I WENT“ and “I HAVE GONE“

In this B2 grammar lesson you’ll learn the difference between I WENT and I HAVE GONE... (and the difference between I went and I have been)! 👓 Watch with subtitles 👓 🎁 [30% DISCOUNT FOR YOU!!] 🎁 Are you currently stuck at the “Intermediate barrier”? In my DAILY QUICK FIX course, I personally give you daily lessons that will help you finally speak Advanced English. (Use code YOUTUBE to get 30% OFF your first month inside!) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 📘 ENGLISH QUICK FIX (free book!) ► Download here » » You might also like... 📕 17 different ways to use GET in English (free book!) ► Download here » 👀 WATCH NEXT: 🔥 The Difference between BEEN and GONE: 🔥 The difference between I HAVE LIVED and I HAVE BEEN LIVING: ► TRANSCRIPTION: 00:00 Why are these sentences wrong? Look at these two sentences. I went to the dentist’s. I’ve gone to the dentist’s. Why are these two sentences both wrong? Well, in this video I’m going to tell you and I’m going to explain the difference between I went and I have gone. Are you ready? I recently asked my emailing list which topics they would like me to do a video about. All of these people requested the difference between I went and I have gone, so thank you for the recommendation. So, before I can explain the difference between I went and I have gone, we first need to look at which tense these are. I went is the past simple and I have gone is the present perfect. 00:56 When to use the past simple and present perfect tenses? Now, generally speaking, we use the past simple to talk about an action that has happened in a time period that has finished. When I say a time period that has finished, I mean things like yesterday, last week, last month, last year, these are all periods of time which are completely in the past. We can’t change them. It’s happened, it’s in the past, it’s gone, it’s finished, it’s done. Bam! However, we use the present perfect.... present perfect... so it’s both present and past... we use the present perfect to talk about a time period that started in the past and is still present now. It’s still happening now. In other words, things like today, this week, this year, in my life. These are all things which started in the past and are still happening now. We also use the present perfect when an action happened in the past, but it has a clear result and a clear effect on the present. And a good example of this is I’ve lost my keys. I’ve lost my keys. In other words, the action of losing my keys has happened, but it has a clear effect on the present because I can’t open the door, I can’t enter my house. Why not? Because I’ve lost my keys. So taking all this into consideration, we use I went when we are talking about the action of to go in a time period that happened in the past, it’s done, it’s finished, it’s gone. Bam. We can’t change it. For example, last year I went to England or I have to go to the doctor’s tomorrow, but I only went yesterday. I only went yesterday. Went because we’re talking about a time period in the past. 3:13 I have been or I have gone? (Transcription unavailable) 6:16 I went or I have gone to the dentist? So if I’m talking about where I am now, I’m talking about the action of going, which started in the past, but it’s still true. Now I’m at the dentist. It’s now. So we can’t say I went. We could say I went to the dentist yesterday, but not Where are you? “I went to the dentist“. No. Instead I need to use the present perfect. So should I say “I have gone to the dentist“? Well, I could and I definitely would if I was talking about somebody else. Where’s your wife? She’s gone to the dentist. But if I’m sitting in the dentist now and I’m talking to you, I’m not going to say I’ve gone to the dentist. I would say I’ve come to the dentist because if I’m talking about a place where I am, then I use come instead of go, I’ve come to the dentist. 7:20 Conclusion: I went v I have gone So in conclusion, we use I WENT to talk about something that happened in the past with little effect on the present. And if we mention the time period there is a time period that has finished, we definitely have to use I WENT. And we use I HAVE GONE when I went somewhere and I am still there. But as I mentioned earlier, if it’s I who is talking and I is in the place then I is going to say I have come instead of I have gone. So, he has gone and she has gone or they have gone are much more common than I have gone. ► Thanks, as always, for your LIKES, COMMENTS and SHARES!! 🙏 Your British English Teacher, ~ Greg 😀 #EnglishWithGreg #EnglishVocabulary #EnglishGrammar #B2 #LearnEnglish #ESL