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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. The first hour (passed of) quietly and everyone was almost dozing.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The first hour (passed of) quietly and everyone was almost dozing.


1). Passed by
2). Passed with
3). Passed off
4). No improvement


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The correct preposition here is 'off' as 'passed off' means 'happened'. The other options do not make any sense here. Thus option 3 is the correct answer.

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