Is it correct to say 'We've GONE skiing'? Or should it be 'We've BEEN skiing'?

Both “We’ve been skiing” and “We’ve gone skiing” are grammatically correct, but they carry slightly different nuances. “We’ve been skiing” suggests that the skiing is finished, and you’re reflecting on the experience. Example: “We’ve been skiing a few times this winter.” “We’ve gone skiing” sounds a bit off because “gone” typically implies movement or absence, so it’s more natural in a sentence like “They’ve gone skiing for the weekend.” It implies they are still away skiing. This is (from someone who just watches movies and TV and catches patterns) mostly a UK English thing. For casual North American English, “We went skiing” is definitely the most common way to say it when referring to a past trip.

I would personally use either one. Though to be honest, if I was asked „what did you guys do this weekend?“ I would say „We went skiing.“

"We've gone skiing" seems perfectly natural to me as a way to talk about skiing trips in the past. It doesn't necessarily imply that you're still skiing.

here's how I would use the diff types if someone asks me where we are in the current moment: "we've gone skiing" if someone asks me what we were doing in the very recent past (like a few minutes ago) and we had been skiing for a while: "we've been skiing" if we were talking about what we did in a holiday: "we went skiing"

Present: "Where are you now?" "We've gone skiing and will be back tomorrow." Past: "Have you been to that mountain?" "Yes, we've gone skiing there before." Both are common and acceptable to me in the US.

The difference between “been” and “gone” with the present perfect is often taught like this: Been: you’ve gone and come back. Gone: you haven’t come back yet. Where have you been? (You’ve just arrived home) I’ve been shopping. (But now I’m back) Where have you gone? (Your partner wants to know why you’re not home) I’ve gone shopping. (I’ll be home later)

"We've gone skiing" could mean "We are currently out skiing," as you said, but it could also mean "We've gone skiing before," as in "that's a thing we've done." "We've been skiing" can mean the same, but "We've been skiing" could also imply that you still are skiing. For example, "We've been skiing for 3 hours." Between the two, I honestly feel like "We've gone" indicates completion better than "We've been," because if I heard "We've gone skiing for 3 hours," my first thought would be that they had once skied for that long. If I heard "We've been skiing," on the other hand, I feel that I'd need more context to be certain one way or the other.

As a native English speaker that hasn't taken any classes, it seems to me that "we've gone skiing" would be a way to specify where you are, or where you have been in the past. And "we've been skiing" would be a way to specify what you've been doing, or what you have done in the past. So depends on context.

They're both fine, if you're talking about a general past experience. e.g. "We've been to the Grand Canyon, we've been on a safari, we've gone skiiing, we've played in the snow, we took a cruise..." If you're talking specifically you'd probably use "went". "Last weekend we went skiing."

"We've gone skiing". The people are not here, they are skiing (probably). Could be a note left for you. "We've been skiing". The people are here, they are telling you about their skiing trip.

“We went skiing” sounds FAR more natural. The options you provided are probably more natural sounding outside of the US, though.

I think the confusion is because “going skiing” is an activity (long for just “skiing”), but “skiing” is also a purpose or reason for “going.” So “we’ve gone skiing,” can be “we’ve [gone skiing],” i.e., we have skied in the past, or “we’ve [gone] [skiing],” i.e. we have gone from this place (and not yet returned) for the purpose of skiing.

So, "to go" has two related but different meanings here. It can both mean "to leave", just actually having moved from a place, and "to travel" which is the whole trip. If "we left" it simply means we are no longer at the place we left from, if "we traveled" it implies that we have returned from a trip (or I suppose perhaps do not intend to return? no ongoing component anyway). So unfortunately, "gone" can have either meaning. "we've gone skiing" could be (we went (to ski)) and could mean you're still skiing now, or (we've (gone skiing)) is "we went on a ski trip, and finished it." [could also think "we went by ski" as equivalent meaning for the second one, but that's not how it would be said.] In this case, the second clause you've given us "we've played in the snow" actually provides the necessary clarification, the two phrases are meant to be read grammatically similar, so it's more like "(We have (gone skiing)) and (we have (played in the snow))", so two past perfect acts with no ongoing component. I also want to note that this is more easily distinguishable in speech than in text. "We've gone skiing" will have the emphasis on the primary verb. if they want to say that they're gone, and will be skiing, the emphasis is on gone, and skiing is just an explanation as to why. if the emphasis is on skiing, then gone serves as a helper verb effectively, saying that they traveled via skis and have returned. So a listener who was unclear as to the meaning would likely ask "so you've *gone* skiing, or you've gone *ski*ing?" which sounds almost nonsensical if you don't know why the emphasis matters lol

Depends on the scenario: What did you do last week? We went skiing Have you ever been skiing? Yes, we’ve gone/been skiing…Or “yes, we’ve skied before” seems less clunky to me.

We’ve been skiing is almost only used to mean you have done that activity some time in your life. We’ve gone skiing can mean that if you follow it by the word before. Otherwise, it usually means you left a location to go skiing and you are still there now, so that is why you are not at home.

The continuous sense implied by 'we've gone skiing' is not that they are still skiing, but that they are still in the winter when the skiing occurred.

Some notes about the usage of perfect tenses: \-Many British speakers use the present perfect in contexts where US speakers would ONLY use the simple past (preterite). In the US, you won't hear either of the responses OP suggests very often. You will overwhelmingly hear "we **went** skiing" instead. \-Honestly, US speakers just generally don't have a high comfort level using the perfect tenses. I often have to teach my SAT students how the present and past perfect work because they simply never learned! So there are lots of contexts in which technically/grammatically, it makes sense (perhaps even the most sense) to use the present perfect... but you will find a lot of American speakers simply using the simple past. \-Textbooks and ELL resources consistently overemphasize the distinction between nuanced implied meanings. OP is correct that "we've gone skiing" could feasibly suggest "and we're still not back yet," but it doesn't HAVE to mean that. And in practice, it often won't; many native speakers will simply choose between "been" and "gone" arbitrarily with no conscious consideration about which meaning will be inferred.

Both are fine The first is more about the trip, the second more about the activity: "On vacation, we've hone skiing" "Today, we've been skiing"

Haven’t seen the right answer commented yet, so: This is a very particular case where the person is listing **completed** actions (skiing, playing in the snow) as part of a statement about an **ongoing** activity (things we’ve done *so far* in winter). Ask them again come summer and see if they don’t switch to “went.”

"Where have you been?" (past) : "We've been skiing" "Where are you?" (now) : "We've gone skiing" "Where did you go?" (past) : "We went skiing"

Personally I wouldn't use gone skiing in this context, I would use been/ have been. I would use gone in the context of leaving a note for someone informing them where I am (not used much these days): "I've gone skiing" "I've gone surfing"

Depends on the context to be honest. Both work well in proper context but I would not consider them interchangeable. Hone skiing implies to me that the activity is not necessarily in the past. I'd expect to see home sking in an out of office greeting or something to that effect. Been skiing suggest the activity is in the past. Where were you all? We've been skiing.

Isn't the difference simply "be + skiing" vs. "go + skiing"? "Be skiing" emphasises the experience of skiing (I am skiing, I was skiing, I have been skiing) while "go skiing" emphasises the action of going somewhere to ski (I go skiing, I went skiing, I have gone skiing).

I would say “we went skiing”

Personally would say, "we went skiing"

I would use “we’ve gone skiing” if I’d left a note to explain why we weren’t where we were expected to be - an explanation of absence. Cf “gone fishin’”

Perfectly natural. Especially since I’m guessing this was said as an answer to a question and was within a list of other things. “What have you done this winter?” “We’ve gone skiing. We’ve played in the snow….”

I think both "have gone skiing" and "have been skiing" sound perfectly fine and would use either. I think the difference is that "have been skiing" tells me that you are no longer skiing, and "have gone skiing" tells me that you went, but does not tell me if you're still skiing or not. Out of context, if someone told me they "have gone skiing," I might assume they still are skiing. But, in the context that it's clear that they're no longer skiing, I wouldn't think it a mistake. If I were listing a bunch of activities I've done with my family, I might use both mix both words just for variety. For example: "We've gone skiing, been sledding, and built a snowman." It's worth noting that "gone skiing" makes me think of "gone fishing" signs. These usually mean that whoever put up the sign isn't there because they went fishing and are not back yet. Though I believe such signs are meant to imply the person is still fishing, I wouldn't assume that someone hadn't made the sign, gone fishing, and then went on to do other things rather than return immediately.

England here. We’ve been skiing would imply past tense. We’ve gone skiing would imply that you’re taking about the present time. That’s how it sounds to me anyway!

"We've gone skiing" means you're currently skiing. "We've been skiing" means you've just finished skiing. "We went skiing" means you went skiing in the past.

I am not a native speaker, but I think that "we've gone skiing" means that you performed the activity and stopped at some point, while "we've been skiing" makes me think that a timespan is missing and the action is still ongoing, like "we've been skiing [for three hours now]". So in a way the other way around. Let's see if a native clarifies