This section is from the book "Lessons In English", by Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer. Also available from Amazon: Lessons in English.
Study these sentences until you can repeat them without the book.
1. I went to school.
2. I have gone to school.
3. He went to school.
4. He has gone to school.
5. You went to school.
6. You have gone to school.
7. They went to school.
8. They have gone to school.
a. Fill these blanks with the word gone or the word went. Remember to use has, have, or had with gone. Do not use has or have with went.
1. John-----to buy a hoe.
2. The Smiths have-----to live in Ohio.
3. Has Emma-----home yet?
4. Where has the baby-----?
5. Have you ever-----to a dog show?
6. The girls have-----for a long walk.
7. They-----an hour ago.
8. The circus-----past our house.
9. Our neighbors have not-----to New York, as they expected.
b. Write five sentences using the word went, and five using the word gone. Make several of them questions.
3. Review: Similar Pairs of Words.
Which of each of these pairs of words is used with has, have, or had, and which is not: saw, seen; did, done; run, ran; came, come? (Book I, pages 29, 48, 86, 197)
Write two sentences for each of these words.
 
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