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Conjugation of go

go · went · gone

Meaning
move to another place

Conjugated like go.

Verbs conjugated like go

Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

Igo
yougo
he/she/itgoes
wego
theygo

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

Iam going
youare going
he/she/itis going
weare going
theyare going

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

Iwent
youwent
he/she/itwent
wewent
theywent

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

Iwas going
youwere going
he/she/itwas going
wewere going
theywere going

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

Ihave gone
youhave gone
he/she/ithas gone
wehave gone
theyhave gone

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

Ihave been going
youhave been going
he/she/ithas been going
wehave been going
theyhave been going

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

Ihad gone
youhad gone
he/she/ithad gone
wehad gone
theyhad gone

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

Ihad been going
youhad been going
he/she/ithad been going
wehad been going
theyhad been going

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

Iwill go
youwill go
he/she/itwill go
wewill go
theywill go

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

Iwill be going
youwill be going
he/she/itwill be going
wewill be going
theywill be going

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

Iwill have gone
youwill have gone
he/she/itwill have gone
wewill have gone
theywill have gone

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

Iwill have been going
youwill have been going
he/she/itwill have been going
wewill have been going
theywill have been going

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

Iwould go
youwould go
he/she/itwould go
wewould go
theywould go

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

Iwould be going
youwould be going
he/she/itwould be going
wewould be going
theywould be going

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

Iwould have gone
youwould have gone
he/she/itwould have gone
wewould have gone
theywould have gone

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

Iwould have been going
youwould have been going
he/she/itwould have been going
wewould have been going
theywould have been going

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

yougo
let'slet's go
negative youdo not go
negative let'slet's not go

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

go

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

to have gone

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

going

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

gone

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Indicative · Simple present

go