The word passed is the past tense of the verb to pass. The verb pass, when used in present tense would look like this: I will pass the ball to you. If you substituted the word pass for passed, I passed the ball to you, it signifies that this happened previously.

Did you pass meaning?

You're telling the person that they passed the exam.

Do I use past or passed?

Both past and passed can be used of motion and time. The word past can be used as an adjective, a preposition, a noun, or an adverb. The word passed is the past tense of the verb pass. ... When past is used as an adjective it refers to a time gone by or something from, done, or used in an earlier time.