Go home (no "to")

In English, we usually say go to + place (go to the park, go to the office). However, some common place words do not use to. The most important one is home.

1. “Go home” (no “to”)

Here, home works like there (go there), so we do not use “to”.

• I’m tired. I’m going home.
• She went home early.
• Let’s go home.
• ❌ go to home

2. With “my”, “his”, “her”… → use “to”

If there is a word like my, his or her before “home”, then we use to.

• I’m going to my home. (less common, more formal)
• She returned to her home.

But in everyday English, we usually just say:

• ✅ I’m going home.

3. Other verbs with “home” (no “to”)

The same is true with other verbs of movement:

• go home
• come home
• get home
• arrive home

4. Compare with normal places

• go to the office
• go to school
• go to the restaurant

Only a few words like home, there and abroad drop “to”.

Key idea

• Go home → no “to”.
• Most other places → use “to”.