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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Watch out

A place after pass need not be a destination; you may continue beyond it.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the correct form. Please ___ me the spoon. (pass / passes)

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    pass

    Pass follows the polite request.

  2. 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.

  3. Choose the correct form. Yesterday I ___ the note to my neighbour. (passed / pass)

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    passed

    Passed marks the completed action yesterday.

Use it today

Ask for an object and describe a place you pass.