The word "passed" is a verb, or adjective meaning "went by."
The word "past" is a noun for a previous time, or an adjective mean "gone by, or gotten by."
Examples :
During the long ride, we passed the time by playing games.
The car passed the truck on the road.
(The quarterback passed the ball to his receiver.)
Much time had passed before we could return to the flooded area.
It was past (the) time that something should have been done.
Somehow the thief had gotten past the guards.
Archaeologists study things that lived in the past.
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Is it "years past" or "years passed"? It depends on the context. If you are stating "In years past,..." then you use 'past'. If you are in the middle of your sentence "...when years passed by and nothing got done..." then you use 'passed'.
She passed his house. BUT She walked quickly PAST his house (here PAST is a Preposition).
The past tense is passed.
Both had past and have past are correct.Three hours have passed and Jan still hasn't arrived.Three hours had passed and Jane hadn't arrived.
No, has passed is the present perfect tense.