gone

In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: Elamur Cosmic License. Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

Meaning

1. Gone is a form of «go». «She has gone home» means she left and is not here now.
2. If something is gone, it is not there any more, because it was used, eaten or lost.
3. Gone can mean past: «it's gone ten o'clock» (UK, it is after ten).

In the lessons

things that left, were used up or eaten; the amount gone is taken away from the start; in everyday life: «the milk is all gone», «where has my pen gone?»; in stories: «gone forever», «the dragon was gone»; phrases: «has gone», «all gone», «been and gone»

Examples

• Half of the cake is gone.
• 7 of the 20 birds have gone.
• By noon, 15 cookies were gone.
• How many apples are gone if 4 are left out of 11?
• Dad has gone to the shops.
• When I looked again, the cat was gone.
• All the snow had gone by morning.
• It's gone eight, we're late!

Note

Points to taking away: left = start − gone; gone = start − left (11 − 4 = 7). Trap: the question may ask for what is gone, not what is left. «Has gone» (still away) vs «has been» (went and came back). Irregular: go, went, gone.