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Past and Pass are often confused. Think of Pass as "to hand or throw something in a direction or to someone else". Past means before now, old, late, or going by a person, place, object, or time...such as passing a course.

My report was past due. I did not know whether I would pass the course or not!

I made a beautiful football pass yesterday, but today my brother said my football pass was in the past. He challenged me to repeat my feat today.

Though historical events occurred in the past, I worried whether I knew enough dates to pass myhistory test.

Mom asked me to pass (e.g. to hand to her) to her the bowl of beans since I was going past (e.g. going by) the table.

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