Present Perfect with been and gone

Present Perfect with been and gone

To talk about going somewhere we can use two past participles in the present perfect: been or gone.

Mark's gone to France. = He's in France now. He is not here.

Mark's been to France. = He's not in France now. He was in France at some time in the past.

I Complete the conversations with been and gone

1 A Hello Mr. Brown. Can I speak to Alan? B I'm afraid he's not here. He's _____ out. 2 A You look tired. B Yes. I've_______to the gym. 3 A Where's Jane? B She's______to the supermarket for some bread. 4 A You look great! B Thank you. I've _______on holiday. 5 A Where have you______? B I've ______at my music lesson. Why? A Tom came to see you. But he's_____now. 6 A There's nobody at home. B I think they've______away for the weekend. 7 A Where's Peter? B He's _____to the park with the dog. 8 A Have you ever_______to Scotland? B Yes, I've______there quite a few times 9 A Where's Sarah? B She's______to the shops. She won't be back     for two hours. 10 A I can't see our teacher. Where has he_____? B He's_______to the staffroom.

II Write been or gone

1 Have you ever ______to London? It's really beautiful. 2 Mrs. Green is back now. She's_______to the hairdresser's. 3 My sister's _______ on a diet because she needs to lose weight. 4 Anna's_______on a diet for one month. She has lost a lot of weight and she looks great! 5 Jack isn't here at the moment. He's______to a football match. III Think about your friends who are not at home or at school. Where have they gone? Write five pairs of sentences. 1____________________________________________________________________________________ 2_________________________________________ __________________________________________ 3____________________________________________________________________________________ 4_____________________________________________________________________________________5____________________________________________________________________________________



        KEY

I 1 gone 2 been 3 gone 4 been 5 been, been, gone   6 gone 7 gone 8 been, been

     9 gone 10 gone, gone

II 1 been 2 gone 3 gone 4 been 5 gone

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