If Macbeth's conscience had caused him no moral suffering, then he would be an out-and-out villain, somewhat like Shakespeare's Richard III. However, Shakespeare wanted to make Macbeth a somewhat sympathetic figure so that his downfall would seem somewhat tragic
The word that correctly completes the given sentence above would be driving. The complete sentence is: They will be driving to Chicago next week. The verb takes the -ing form, which is the simple future tense of the verb because the action indicates that it will be done some time in the future and is not yet started.
The correct word would be 'Passed' because it is the past tense version of the word 'to pass,' the verb you wanna use in this context. The word 'past' is a noun which refers to generally previous events or history. That word does not make sense here.
