The ticket inspector checked everyone's passes.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone who is checking everyone's tickets to make sure they are valid.

Choice of Words: Ticket is a piece of paper that allows you to travel on a train or bus, inspector is someone whose job is to check tickets, and pass is a small card or ticket that allows you to enter a place or travel on a train or bus.

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The ticket inspector checked everyone's passes.

Meaning: This means that the person who checks tickets on the train looked at everyone's tickets to make sure that they were valid.

Choice of Words: Ticket is a small piece of paper or card that gives you permission to travel on a train, bus, or other form of transport. Inspector is a person whose job it is to check that people have tickets and are allowed to travel. Checked means looked at and examined. Everyone's means all of the people. Passes are the tickets that people have.

The conductor checked everyone's tickets.

Meaning: This means that the person in charge of the train looked at everyone's tickets to make sure that they had paid to travel.

Choice of Words: Conductor is the person in charge of a train or bus. Tickets are the small pieces of paper or card that you need to buy in order to travel on a train or bus.

The attendant checked everyone's passes.

Meaning: This means that the person who helps the passengers on the train looked at everyone's tickets to make sure that they were valid.

Choice of Words: Attendant is a person who works on a train or bus and helps the passengers. Passes are the tickets that people have.

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