TO GO vs. TO WENT

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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To Go vs. To Went

Dear Learners,

There is a difference between-

1. It’s time to go home. and
2. It’s time to went home.

Could you tell me the difference?

I hope you like it.
Love you.

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As far as I know, after to we use base form to make an infinitive, so the second one is wrong.

3

Not really.
please learn more.
regards.

4

UP. Could somebody explain what is the example of the usage of “to went” as Mr. Kyam Min Lwin just said?

5

Sorry Mr K, but #2 is wrong.

(Maybe you had in mind “It’s time I/we/you/etc. went home”?)

6

I said to Mr k. that the second sentence was wrong, but he did not believe me! So my answer to him was correct Dozy. Right?

7

Right.

8

He might have got you if you hadn’t used this complicated explanation.

I would say

We never use “to” in front of the simple past.

Do we ever use “to” in front of the simple past? (BTW, can I use “ever” with the indefinite tense?)

Thanks

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Dear Sara 39, Samonella, Dozy, E2e4.

  1. I purportedly wrote To go vs. To went, to get attractions to the title.
  2. I purportedly wrote wrong sentence in 2. There is no phrase like to went. It should be, It’s late. It’s time we went home.
  3. I wished, someone comes in and teaches ( Past in Present ).
  4. Sara 39 is right. There is no To+ V2.
  5. Dozy is right, could you explain more. Since the Sense is a bit confusing to the non-native speakers.
    Thank you very much. All of you.

with kind regards.

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It’s time we went home.
The sentence is hypothetical, isn’t it?

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Yes, Sir,
I believe so.
I found it in Cambridge Grammar. I’m teaching intermediate and advanced Grammar of Cambridge to my students. This type of tenses are not very convincing to Burmese students. So, I need to teach them senses of the tenses. Most of the ESL students can write tenses very well if they catch the senses of them.

regards,