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

Past

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

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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