Past tense of go
irregular verb
The past tense of go is went. The past participle is gone.
Forms of go
| Base form (V1) | go /ɡəʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | went /wɛnt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | gone /ɡɒn/ |
| Present participle | going /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | goes /ɡəʊz/ |
Less standard forms: goed (nonstandard).
Went and gone in a sentence
- The rumour went all around town.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- His face went ablush after realizing he had spoken out of turn.From the entry ablush
- Some of the cast went down with flu, but the show's still on.From the entry on
- He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.From the entry on
Meaning of go
- verb To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.).
- verb To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.).
- verb To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.).
Verbs like go
Questions about the past tense of go
- What is the past tense of go?
- The past tense of go is went.
- What is the past participle of go?
- The past participle of go is gone.
- Is go a regular or irregular verb?
- Go is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is goed correct?
- goed is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of go is went.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: go (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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