Phrasal Verbs (Time: passing of time)

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The Past

If you're young, come on a journey into the past before you were born. If you're a senior, let us take you back to your childhood. Think back to what everyday life was like 50, 60, 100 years ago, before TV, before comouters, before fridges and washing machines. Many of our exhibits date back to the early 19th century.

Is that old vacuum cleaner in your attic just leftover from a bygone era or is it a piece of industrial history?
Come and find out at the Charnbury Folk Museum.


1. Try to guess the meaning of the previous Phrasal Verbs.


Time moving

  • I'm sorry to hold you up but you must sign these forms before you go in.
  • If there are no hold-ups, we should arrive by about seven o'clock.
  • Jim, can you hurry the kids up. The coach is about to leave.
  • Mum walks so fast. It's quite hard to keep up with her.
  • The meeting dragged on and everyone got irritable.
  • I'm sorry, I'm late. My French lesson ran on, so I didn't leave school till 4.30 p.m.
  • There weeks passed by  before I got a reply to my letter of complaint.
  • It's difficult to plan for the future. Nobody knows what lies ahead.

2. Try to guess the meaning of the previous Phrasal Verbs.



3. Here are some things people might say relating to time. What does the speaker mean in each sentence?

  • The older you get, the faster time goes by.
  • Music and smells have great powers to take you back.
  • Mr Jones is a leftover from a bygone age.
  • We should let bygones be bygones!
  • You never know what lies ahead.

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