They went to Spain vs where did they went

The correct phrase is 'They went to Spain.' The second phrase, 'Where did they went?' is incorrect because 'went' is the past tense of 'go,' so it should be 'Where did they go?' instead. The correct form uses 'go' as the base verb in the question.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 3493 views

They went to Spain

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a simple statement in the past tense, indicating that a group of people traveled to Spain.

Examples:

They went to Spain for their vacation.
Yesterday, they went to Spain for a business meeting.

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They went to Spain to study in the university.
When they went to Spain at great expense, they found there was nobody to buy their timeshare, but this company wanting to sell them other timeshares.
I went to Spain to get a job.
To find out, I went to Spain.
He went to Spain and found an old paid for everything himself, Even his papers.
40 per cent of Dutch pig exports went to Spain, with journeys of over 30 hours.
Since Cyrus went to Spain, we are doing good business with Conte, but very good business, and if Conte is back is only because they killed Russo, period.
Went to Spain for awhile and over to Portugal.
I went to Spain when I was 10.
We went to Spain last summer, and it's like an entirely different country.
I was in Italy, went to Spain.
So we went to Spain, a compromise that satisfied no one.
Went to Spain for a year?
I went to Spain a few months ago and I had the best foie gras of my life.
Many Romanian pupils, children of emigrants who went to Spain or Italy, are returning home and being re-registered in Romanian schools by relatives.
I went to Spain to get away from the fae, not from my bestie.
You went to Spain didn't you?
He went to Spain and didn't understand anything.
They went to king Solomon to explain the situation.
No. They went to the store.

where did they went

This phrase is incorrect. The correct form should be 'Where did they go?'

The correct form of this question should use 'go' as the base verb in the past tense.

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Police must've disabled communications before they went in.
My guess is they went somewhere else.
Perhaps they went looking for an Escarra.
They went bankrupt after Mrs Racho committed suicide.
He said they went another direction.
Apparently they went backpacking Around europe together or something...
They went upstairs when they were at the wrong window, they went downstairs when they had the wrong form, and they went home when Sue forgot her birth certificate.
The reason their phone signals went dead is because they went inside a ship searching for The Stowaway.
When they went on strike, my family went on hard times.
When they went on the first world tour, they went from Geneva to Australia.
I don't think they went through this gate.
That they went through her client files.
Okay, well, maybe they went someplace else.
They went to king Solomon to explain the situation.
It would explain why they went after the Fermitas server as well.
The interns got extra credit if they went.
Those numbers should tell us where they went.
They went on to bother somebody else.
No. They went to the store.
It was because he had terminal leukaemia that they went.

Alternatives:

Where did they go?
Where did they travel to?

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They went to Spain vs where did they went