Monday, September 5, 2016

pasture, past your, passed your

Pasture or pasture ( one word ) means a field of grass for livestock to eat --
He's busy putting a new fence around the pasture.
Take the cow down to the pasture.

Pasture may also mean to put the livestock in a place where they can eat grass or plants --
There are better places to pasture the cattle, not far from here.
Don't pasture the goats in the neighbor's field.

Past your or past your ( two words ) describes something gone by or elapsed ( past ), belonging to the person addressed ( your ) --
It's past your bedtime.
We drove past your old house yesterday.

Passed your or passed your ( two words ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "pass", meaning to go by or beyond, or to finish successfully, something belonging to the person addressed ( your ) --
I think we passed your street; we should turn around.
The teacher said that you passed your final exam.

Now that you know that, you can say --
"We walked past your house, down towards the pasture, and passed your brother on his way home."

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