I dropped my wife at company.
Then I sent my son to nursery.
My son asked me, "Where is mummy."
"She went to work."
"She goes to work."
We just leave the company for 1 minutes.
Should we use present or past tense?
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What kind of company you left? You left the company, where does your wife work? Or you left the company of young people with whom you drank alcoholic beverages?– Vladimir GlinskikhCommented Sep 14, 2017 at 12:09
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She is at work now. 'present tense'– ManzimesCommented Sep 14, 2017 at 14:48
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A more typical English speaking answer to your son's question would use the present tense with the preposition "at"
She's at work.
The past tense "She went to work" sounds a little awkward if you've left only a minute ago, and you are the one that dropped her off. If your wife took herself to work, then "She went to work" would make more sense.
She went to work.
is OK. It indicates that she left earlier, and is now at work.
She goes to work.
indicates something she does in general, or on a regular basis.
I miss my mommy. Where does she go everyday?
She goes to work.
