Language Activator – Past

past

if you go past someone or something, you go beside and then beyond them: walk/go/drive etc past ,somebody/something

.Drivers sped past, heading for Oxford

by

past a person: go/walk/float etc by

.One woman reported seeing a man go by on a motorcycle

pass

: to go past a place or person

.A big Cadillac passed us as we walked up the hill

passing

: going past

.He hailed a passing taxi

overtake

: to pass a moving vehicle or person because you want to get in front of them

.On the way, we overtook a battered old Renault

:Practice

 : Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

.N1. Before you start to………….., make sure the road is clear ahead of you .N2. They could hardly hear themselves talk above the noise from the …………traffic .N3. He walked straight ………her without looking at her ?N4. Will you be going ……… the library on your way home ………… N5. I lay on the grass and watched the clouds floating .N6. I’ll get you some aspirin – I ……..the drugstore on the way to work ………… N7. They kept quiet until the soldiers had

:Answers

Overtake/ passing/ past/ past/ by/ pass/ passed