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I go to work vs I went to work

The phrases "I go to work" and "I went to work" are both correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I go to work" is used to talk about a habitual action or a routine, while "I went to work" is used to talk about a specific action that happened in the past.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 2618 views

I go to work

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about a habitual action or routine.

Use this phrase to express the idea that going to work is something you do regularly or as part of your routine.

Examples:

I go to work by bus every morning.
She goes to work by car.
They go to work together.

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Alternatives:

I usually go to work.
I regularly go to work.
I go to work every day.

I went to work

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about a specific action that happened in the past.

Use this phrase to describe a single instance of going to work in the past.

Examples:

Yesterday, I went to work by train.
Last week, she went to work early.
He went to work on his day off.

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I went to work at a supermarket.
I went to work where I was working before the war.
So, I went to work yesterday.
So, I went to work in the mill.
We had breakfast together, then I went to work.
And then I went to work.
And then I went to work.
That day I went to work.
For a while, and then it got kind of blown out, so I went to work. I left at 7:00.
When I was 16, I went to work for a newspaper in Hong Kong.
I went to work at my cousin's ryokan, which is a Japanese inn.
After prison, I went to work for a man named Kobe Carver.
So I went to work for a commercial beekeeper, a family that owned 2,000 hives of bees in New Mexico.
I went to work in a draper's shop and my mother managed so that I could put three shillings aside a week.
I remember once when I went to work for a short time in Puerto Rico... I thought it was paradise.
I went to work when I was 12 years old.
I went to work when I was 10 years old picking' slate in the coal burner.
I went to work, filled my purse with doughnuts,
I had an inkling, but I didn't fully realize it until I went out into the workplace and I went to work at Microsoft Corporation.
I went to work for the government, a letter carrier for 37 years.

Alternatives:

I went to work yesterday.
I did go to work.
I had gone to work.

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