I would omit 'to' before 'there' in both cases.

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Hello all,
What is the suitable verb choice for the bold part? ans why? and do we have to use 'clause' after expression 'first time ' or not?
Last summer my younger sister and I planned to go on a trip. It was Paris where we decided to make a visit, as It was our first time to visit this city and we hadn't been to there/ we had't gone to there before.
Thanks.
I would omit 'to' before 'there' in both cases.
I am not a teacher.
I think you are right about 'China' being a noun rather than an adverb, so 'to' should be there.
I consider both 'gone' and 'been' correct.
I am not a teacher.
Original sentence: Last summer my younger sister and I planned to go on a trip. It was Paris where we decided to make a visit, as It was our first time to visit this city and we hadn't been to there/ we had't gone to there before.
I also have to revise as the following (I did googling):
Last summer my younger sister and I planned to go on a trip.
It was Paris where we decided to make a visit, as It was first time that we wanted to make our journey to this city, and we hadn't been there/ we had't gone there before.
Last edited by nininaz; 11-Mar-2017 at 04:04.
I would say it briefly as below:
We decided to visit Paris because we hadn't been there before.
I am not a teacher.
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