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Ucla Ray's Brother England Talking Specific Visit Trip

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Keyword been
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence First of all we've been to UCLA to see Ray's brother.
Correct Sentence First of all we went to UCLA to see Ray's brother.
Cloze Error Sentence First of all [[we've been]] to UCLA to see Ray's brother.
Cloze Sentence First of all [[we went]] to UCLA to see Ray's brother.
Cloze Answer we went
Choices we went | we've been
Explanation

When you are talking about a specific visit or trip that you made in the past, use went to (NOT have been to ). Compare: 'I've been to England and Italy, but I haven't been to France.' 'I went to England in 1993 and to Italy in 1994.'

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