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77 LA BONTE'S TOP 100 ENGLISH CONVERSATION PATTERNS
 
HOW LONG AGO q ?
 
HOW LONG AGO q? a. BEFORE n
 
many minutes
 
many hours b. 1 n AGO
 
many days
 
many weeks c. FROM time TO time
 
many months TILL
 
many years UNTIL
 
d. BETWEEN time AND time
 
QUESTION
 1. Instead of 
LONG
, you can use
MANY MINUTES
,
MANY HOURS
, etc.How
long
ago did you meet her?How
many minutes
ago did you meet her?How
many hours
ago did she get to sleep?How
many days
ago did they wash it?How
many weeks
ago did they write it?How
many months
ago did you take a vacation?How
many years
ago did he learn that?
ANSWER
 2. "a"......Use BEFORE every time a NOUN comes out in the answer.How long ago did she go back? She went back 
before
the summer.How long ago did you find out? I found out
before
supper.3.
PRIOR TO
is the same as BEFORE. BEFORE is used much more.She left prior to the meeting. They left prior to Monday.4. "b".......Use
AGO
every time a NUMBER comes out in the answer.How many minutes ago did he go? He went
30
minutes ago.How many weeks ago did they pay you? They paid me
2
weeks ago.
EXCEPTIONS:
 1.
YEAR/MONTH
a.
before
1978They returned before 1978.b.
in
1978 (if you know exact year/month)She came in 1968.2.
CLOCK TIME
c.
before
2:30.
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