ok..one more guys :) A: Where were you yesterday ? B1: I went to Jaipur. B2: I had gone to Jaipur. Which one ? Regards.

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I went to Jaipur I went to Jaipur
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I was in Jaipur is more appropriate
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The sentence B1 is correct. We use simple past tense when a past state or event is being referred without inference to any other event or state with respect to time.
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I had gone to Jaipur.
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Sentence B2 infers that he had visited Jaipur
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none.....If I am still in jaipur the answer will be , I am in Jaipur, if I have returned from Jiapur .....answer will be....I have been to Jaipur
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both are incorrect
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answer is B2
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Where were you yesterday? "Yesterday,I was in Jaipur." The above answer holds good if the person is on regular business trips to different places including Jaipur. "I had gone to Jaipur" The above answer suits if it is a normal conversation. The incident is explained with Past Perfect Sentence. "I...
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Where were you yesterday? "Yesterday,I was in Jaipur." The above answer holds good if the person is on regular business trips to different places including Jaipur. "I had gone to Jaipur" The above answer suits if it is a normal conversation. The incident is explained with Past Perfect Sentence. "I had been to Jaipur" is more apt since question is "Where were you yesterday?" read less
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pursuing m.a english and belong from an isc background english medium school.

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