Been and gone

This week amongst other things we have been studying been and gone.


With the present perfect tense we can use both been and gone.
Been is the past participle of be.
Gone is the past participle of go.
Use been to describe completed visits. If you have visited a place on holiday and then returned you have been there. If someone visits a place but has not come home they have gone there.








Note: In British English 'been and gone' is an expression which means someone/something came along and then left.

Has John arrived yet?
He's been and gone. He was here but he had to leave suddenly.

  

Questions:`
1.    She's ___ to visit Susan. She'll be home tomorrow.

gone
been

• 2 - Have you ever ___ to New York?
  
  gone
  been
• 3 - You are late. Where have you ___?
  
  gone
  been
• 4 - Where has Eric ___? He was here a minute ago!
  
  been
  gone
• 5 - She was offered a new job and has ___ to London.
  
  gone
  been
• 6 - I'm so tired. I've ___ working all day.
  
  gone
  been
• 7 - I don't know that restaurant, I've never ___ there.
  
  been
  gone
• 8 - Are you ok? Your skin has ___ all red!
  
  gone
  been

Check your answers here:

1. gone 2. been 3. been 4. gone 5. gone 6. been  7. been  8. gone