Question

2084 1 I was 8 years old when my father past away. I was 8 years old when my father [[past]] away. passed The past tense and past participle of the verb pass is passed (NOT past): 'She's passed all her exams.' 'I passed him in the corridor but he didn't say anything.''These remedies have been passed down from one generation to the next.'Past is (1) an adjective: 'For the past week he's been ill in bed.'(2) a preposition: 'She walked past me very quickly.'(3) an adverb: 'She walked past very quickly.'(4) a noun: 'He never speaks about his past.'Past is NOT used as a verb.

Accepted Answer

past ✗ I was 8 years old when my father passed away. I was 8 years old when my father [[passed]] away. past | passed

Idx	2084
Keyword	past
Sub Entry Number	1
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	I was 8 years old when my father past away.
Correct Sentence	I was 8 years old when my father passed away.
Cloze Error Sentence	I was 8 years old when my father [[past]] away.
Cloze Sentence	I was 8 years old when my father [[passed]] away.
Cloze Answer	passed
Choices	past \| passed
Explanation	The past tense and past participle of the verb pass is passed (NOT past): 'She's passed all her exams.' 'I passed him in the corridor but he didn't say anything.''These remedies have been passed down from one generation to the next.' Past is (1) an adjective: 'For the past week he's been ill in bed.' (2) a preposition: 'She walked past me very quickly.' (3) an adverb: 'She walked past very quickly.' (4) a noun: 'He never speaks about his past.' Past is NOT used as a verb.

Past Passed I Years Father Walked Quickly Tense