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Advice - advise / practice - practise / passed - past

Advice  / advise => 5 questions : A

• “Advice” is the noun, “advise” the verb.
• Do you want some advice (nom) ? 
• I advise (verbe) you to leave early. 

Practice / practise => 5 questions : B

• Practice is a noun, practise is a verb. ('Ice' is a slippery thing, 'ise' is not a thing !)
• Remember that practice is a thing ( a noun) and practise is a doing word (a verb):

• Practice = nom : 'It's good practice'
• practise = verbe : 'practise your violin !'

Passed / past => 5 questions : C

• If you are referring to time or distance, use 'past' :
• 'The team performed well in the past.'
• 'The police car drove past the suspect’s house.'

• If you are referring to the action of passing, you need to use 'passed':
• 'When John passed the cream, he spilled  it on the table cloth.'
• 'The teacher was astonished that none (= aucun) of the students had passed  the test.'

• Passed = verb - preterite
• Past = noun ( =  the past)
• Past =  after a verb (to go past)

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