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Past tenses

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    Complete the sentence with the correct past tense in active or passive voice
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  • She ______ (finish) her project before the deadline. (Past simple)
    finished
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  • The movie ______ (release) in 2010 and became very popular. (Past simple)
    was released
  •  15
  • They ______ (not see) each other at the party. (Past simple)
    didn’t see
  •  10
  • The cake ______ (bake) by my grandmother yesterday. (Past simple)
    was baked
  •  15
  • The packages ______ (send) to the wrong address. (Past simple)
    were sent
  •  15
  • We ______ (watch) a documentary when the lights went out. (Past continuous)
    were watching
  •  10
  • At 8 p.m., she ______ (still / study) for her exam. (Past continuous)
    was still studying
  •  15
  • The roads ______ (repair) when we drove through the city. (Past continuous)
    were being repaired
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  • He ______ (not pay) attention while the teacher was speaking. (Past continuous)
    wasn’t paying
  •  15
  • The windows ______ (clean) while the family was away. (Past continuous)
    were being cleaned
  •  20
  • By the time we arrived, the show ______ (already / start). (Past perfect simple)
    had already started
  •  15
  • She ______ (never / be) to Paris before last summer. (Past perfect simple)
    had never been
  •  15
  • All the invitations ______ (already / send) before the event. (Past perfect simple)
    had already been sent
  •  20
  • They ______ (finish) dinner when the phone rang. (Past Perfect simple)
    had finished
  •  10
  • The documents ______ (lose) before anyone noticed. (Past perfect simple)
    had been lost
  •  20
  • He ______ (work) at the company for five years before he quit. (Past perfect continuous)
    had been working
  •  15