ago
1- word order: six weeks ago
Ago follows an expression of time.
I met her six weeks ago. a long time ago
2- tenses
An expression with ago refers to a finished time, and is normally used with a past tense, not a present perfect
She phoned a few minutes ago.
Where's Mike? - He was working outside ten minutes ago.
3- the difference between ago and for
Ago says how long before the present something happened; for (with a past
tense) says how long it lasted. Compare:
He died three years ago. (= three years before now)
He was ill for three years before he died. (= His illness lasted three years.)
4- ago and before with time expressions:
counting back
We use ago with a past tense and a time expression to 'count back' from the present; to say how long before now something happened.
We can use before in the same way (with a past perfect tense) to count back from a past moment Compare:
1 met that woman in Scotland three years ago.
When we got talking, 1 found out that I had been at school with her husband ten years before.
ago and before
1met her three years ago. 1had been at school with her husband ten years before.
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