Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Past"

A: I think you mean pass on.
what it means is that someone has died or passed away.

example: "her father has passed on, she no longer needs to keep his items."

something like that :)

A: seven = 7:00 (a.m. or p.m.?)
twenty past = 7:20 (a.m. or p.m.?)

In other words, try to finish 20 minutes after you start.

A: over nine or it's already nine something

A: Thirty minutes past 3:00 or 3:30.

A: Passado simples.
É um tempo verbal em inglês, que indica o passado.
Ex.:
I studied for my test yesterday.
When you gone, I cried very much.

A: That criminal has a dark past.

Those stories have given this place a dark past.

He's trying to escape his dark past by doing good.

A: I had not (hadn't) saved my document when the computer crashed.
I hadn't eaten much when they asked me to go for a run, and so I did not complete the full distance.

A: I went out with my friends last night
I visited London last month
He came to my house 6 years ago
He played football yesterday

A: I went to the store yesterday.
I was in the army.
I used my hair dryer this morning.

A: Past Perfect Tense:
-The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.
- The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts: the past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of the main verb.

1. John had gone out when I arrived in the office.

2. I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

3. When they arrived we had already started cooking.

4. He was very tired because he hadn't slept well.

Present Perfect Tense:
- The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself.
- The present perfect of any verb is composed of two elements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb to have (present tense), plus the past participle of the main verb. The past participle of a regular verb is base+ed, e.g. played, arrived, looked.

ACTIONS STARTED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUING IN THE PRESENT

They haven't lived here for years.
She has worked in the bank for five years.
We have had the same car for ten years.
Have you played the piano since you were a child?

WHEN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO HAS NOT FINISHED

I have worked hard this week.
It has rained a lot this year.
We haven't seen her today.

ACTIONS REPEATED IN AN UNSPECIFIED PERIOD BETWEEN THE PAST AND NOW.

They have seen that film six times
It has happened several times already.
She has visited them frequently.
We have eaten at that restaurant many times.
ACTIONS COMPLETED IN THE VERY RECENT PAST (+JUST)

Have you just finished work?
I have just eaten.
We have just seen her.
Has he just left?

WHEN THE PRECISE TIME OF THE ACTION IS NOT IMPORTANT OR NOT KNOWN

Someone has eaten my soup!
Have you seen 'Gone with the Wind'?
She's studied Japanese, Russian, and English.

A: The past tense and past tense mean the same thing, just said a little differently. Did you mean to ask the difference between past tense and present tense?

A: the first means something that happened before and other means some moves by you

A: Past perfect simple makes it clear as to the order of events in the past, as you're recalling them.

Past simple removes that specificity and generally implies a stronger relationship between the two events, (assuming there's more than one).

Past perfect simple: "I had worked."
Past simple: "I worked."

For some examples, the Cambridge Dictionary is a good resource: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/past-perfect-simple-or-past-simple

A: There is no difference. They mean exactly the same.

A: Seven after four is incorrect.

A: "We all grow up and learn from every past events and personal experiences. How you think and behave are all affected from the past in some way."

hopefully this is fine! someone may correct me too ><

A: I could or I could have

A: It's 5 past 2
It's 10 past 3
It's a quarter past 4
It's 20 past 5
It's 25 past 6
It's half past 7
It's 25 to 9
It's 20 to 10
It's a quarter to 11
It's 10 to 12
It's 5 to 12
And 12:60 makes no sense

A: “Past.”

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A: /The past year/ has in no way fallen short of/ division in politics/ or/ challenges to health and safety/

"Fall short of something" is an idiom, so it means "fallen short of division in politics or fallen short of challenges to health and safety".

> Also, is this a natural and rational way to ask?

Yes, the way you asked it is fine.

A: You can think of the past perfect as the "past of the past." It refers to an action that occurred before another past action. It's often the case that the first past action is not stated, but implied by the context. The first past action can also just be a past time.
In your example, the past event is whatever is happening "now." In this context, we know that "now" is not actually the present time (= the moment the narrator is speaking), but rather some point in the past, after the flood waters had receded. So we can say that the heavens closed and the rain stopped *before* the time that the narrator is referring to ("now"), but we also know that "now" must also be in the past.
The same applies to line 3. The past time being referenced is 150 days after the rain stopped. The water went down before that time, but that time is also before the present.

A: I can't think of a way for that to make sense. Maybe it's a typo?

A: @RB_AC Yes. Mine is a general statement about his habits. Yours is phrased for a specific event. You were driving with dad recently and he didn't answer the phone.

A: I lied to my teacher.
I laid the papers on the table.
He lay in bed all night.