You can hand something to a person or go by a place.
The idea
Use pass me the salt or pass the salt to me for handing it over. Pass the library means go by it.
Examples
- Please pass me the salt.
- Can you pass the map to me?
- She passes the cup to her friend.
- We pass the library on our way home.
- The bus passed the station.
- A cyclist is passing the park.
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A place after pass need not be a destination; you may continue beyond it.
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Choose the correct form. Please ___ me the spoon. (pass / passes)
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pass
Pass follows the polite request.
Choose the correct form. They ___ the museum on the way to work. (pass / passes)
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pass
Pass agrees with the plural subject.
Choose the correct form. Yesterday I ___ the note to my neighbour. (passed / pass)
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passed
Passed marks the completed action yesterday.
Practice round
Answer questions and rebuild English sentences to practise. Your score is shown.
Choose the correct form. Please ___ me the spoon. (pass / passes)
Choose the correct form. They ___ the museum on the way to work. (pass / passes)
Choose the correct form. Yesterday I ___ the note to my neighbour. (passed / pass)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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