Passed-Past | Commonly Confused Words

Passed

To have gone beyond or achieved something, often a test or course

/pɑːst/

The time that has already happened, before the present moment.

It's half past ten.The familiar, doubly bent figure flashed past;'They are all in the past,' the Ghost said.

Remember passed with the double s refers to movement or action in time, like "She passed the test."
Past is often related to time or history; think of it when talking about an earlier period or something that was completed, such as "in the past."
In contexts where you mean something has been completed or has happened, passed will often fit the sentence as a verb.
If youre describing a situation related to time, like hours or years gone by, use past'.
If you can replace the word with went by, then passed is likely the correct choice.