hello I’m Emma from English welcome back
to another lesson about confusing
English verbs English verbs that are
similar and so sometimes it’s hard to
know which one is the right one to use
so they might be causing you a few
problems but don’t worry in this lesson
we’re going to help you to fix those
problems we’re going to focus on the
verbs beam and gone now I’m sure that
you’ve already recognized that these
verbs are not in the infinitive form
they’re the past participle forms of the
verbs to be and to go which are both
irregular verbs
now these verbs have a really close
relationship in English though their
verb forms don’t really give you any
clues about that here you can see them
in past tense in present tense and past
participle form together but in English
the verb to go has to past participle
forms gone and being the past participle
form of be and go can be bean and this
is usually where the confusion happens
these two verbs are very often used in
similar ways and in similar contexts but
sometimes only one of these verbs works
the past participle form of verbs are
most commonly used in the perfect tenses
together with the auxiliary verb have so
this is where you need to pay close
attention to the main verb and be clear
about which verb you’re trying to use to
be or to go firstly let’s review
as the past participle of to be he’s
been sick for a week I’ve been exhausted
since we got home
have you been pleased with your
performance this year so we use beam to
talk about feelings and our health but
of course it can also be followed by the
continuous verb form as part of the
structure of the present perfect
continuous or the past perfect
continuous they had been waiting at the
wrong classroom but when we look at beam
as the past participle of to go well
obviously there are a few questions that
we need to ask why are there two
different forms is the meaning different
when should I use gone and when should I
use beam the difference in meaning is
actually quite simple
God tells us that the movement is in one
direction away from a particular place
beam tells us that the movement is in
two directions away from a particular
place and then back again you’ve
returned
they’ve gone they’re not here at the
moment they’ve gone to the supermarket
they’re at the supermarket now they’re
not here they’ve been to the supermarket
so they’re back home now Amy’s just gone
for a run she’s not here right now but
she’ll be back in half an hour
Amy’s just been for a run she arrived
home about five minutes ago the
difference between beam and gone is
simple to explain when you’re talking
about holidays
my sister-in-law lives in Thailand in
Bangkok so I often go there to visit her
I’ve been there five times already those
trips are all complete they’re in the
past she hasn’t been to Australia to
visit me yet though I’m looking for
tongue has he already gone to Sydney
now there’s a little trick to remember
here if the trip is complete then use
beam but if the trip is still happening
and the person is not here use gone now
in this video I talked about the present
perfect and I explained that the present
perfect can be used to talk about life
experience or it can be used to talk
about an unfinished action in the past
that is somehow affecting the present
moment so usually that unfinished action
started recently in the past and is
still happening in the present that past
action is affecting the present moment
so these grammatical differences can
help you when you’re choosing whether to
use beam or gone so use beam when it’s
something that happened in the past it’s
part of your life experience and it’s
finished
I’ve been to Spain I’m not there now
but it is part of my life experience if
it’s about life experience then beam is
usually the correct choice now gone is
the one to used when it’s an unfinished
action that started in the past and
affects the present moment my mum has
gone to Spain she’s not here now it’s a
past action that is affecting the
present and it’s unfinished so there are
some common mistakes but English
learners need to avoid when
they’re choosing between beam and gone
so for you don’t use gone when you’re
talking about yourself I’ve gone to
Japan no I haven’t because I’m right
here I’m not in Japan you also can’t use
gone to talk about someone else who is
actually with you at the time of
speaking it just doesn’t make any sense
most of the time ever and never are used
to talk about life experience so usually
they are used with being instead of gone
have you ever been to Australia I’ve
never been to Russia okay so are you
ready to practice a little with me you
need to choose beam or gone tim has to
Melbourne for the weekend he’ll be back
on Monday what do you think which verb
is the correct verb tim has gone to
Melbourne for the weekend he’ll be back
on Monday he’s not here right now so he
hasn’t returned yet
he’s still there he’s still in Melbourne
has your dad ever been to India with you
we’re talking about life experience here
so we would probably choose bheem
jessica has to the supermarket already
she bought some fruit for our picnic
tomorrow which one is it
bean or gone jessica has been to the
supermarket already she’s bought some
fruit for our picnic tomorrow it must be
bean because we know what she bought so
she must have come back from the
supermarket and told us okay well I hope
that that lesson was useful for you just
remember that bean is used to talk about
life experience about trips and events
and things that have happened in the
past but I’m not still happening now and
gone is used to talk about a current
trip or event when someone is somewhere
else they haven’t returned yet if you
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