Words / A2

PAHST/pɑːst/

Everything before this moment belongs to the past. In the past, people travelled more slowly. Passed is the verb (the bus passed us); past is the noun, adjective, or preposition (half past three, walk past the shop). History is the study of the past; the past is the time itself.

Meaning

The time before now.

Examples

• “In the past, people wrote more letters.”
• “Let’s forget the past and start again.”
• “She walked past the bakery without stopping.”

Good to know

in the past. Verb: passed. Clock: half past. Study of then: history.

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