Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
Alright class, settle down, letβs take a look!
Weβve encountered the word βagoβ in our reading today, and the dictionary gives us some pretty heavy words β "gone," "passed," βaway.β It can seem a little gloomy, I know.
But don't you worry, βagoβ doesnβt mean someone is πpermanentlyπ gone, not always! Itβs actually about
time
.
Think of it like this: When we say something happened "a long time ago," we mean it occurred in the past β before now. Itβs a marker for how much time has already flown by.
Let's try an example. If I said, βI visited Paris five years πagoπ,β that means I went to Paris five years πbefore todayπ.
You can use "ago" with dates too! "The dinosaurs lived millions of πyears agoπ." See? Itβs all about relating events to a point in the past.
Does that make sense, everyone? Raise your hands if you have any questions!