Past & Passed
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.2.17
Past & Passed
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. For example, 'past' and 'passed'.

Past
- In the past, there were no computers.
- The past is a time that has happened already.

Passed
- She passed me on the street.
- Passed is the past tense of pass, which means to go in front of or before someone or thing.
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