Ago and Before
Anowar Mondal from India asked: What is the difference between ago and before?
‘Ago’ is an adverb used with a measure of time. It tells us how long
before the present (now) something happened. When we use ‘ago’ we are
counting back from now.
‘I started my career ten years ago.’
‘He was here five minutes ago.’
‘Three days ago I fell down the stairs.’
‘Before’ means ‘at some unknown time in the past’.
‘Have you been to this beach before?’
‘Have you ever made a cake before?’
‘I’m sure we have met before.’
We can also use ‘before’ to count back from a time in the past.
‘Before I moved to Australia I used to live in Japan.’
‘I studied law, but before that I did a science degree.’
‘I had a bike for ten years before it was stolen.’
Note how in these examples the speaker is already talking about the
past, and uses ‘before’ to talk about an earlier time. We only use ‘ago’
when we are counting back from now.
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