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Grammar exercise (intermediate level)

September 30, 2016 - B1pdf

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

Progress 0 of 10 answered
1When I saw him he ............... bed-ridden for two months.
Wrong!
2I ............... college last year.
Wrong!
3There ............... a famine in Bengal in 1982.
Wrong!
4The child ............... to drink the milk.
Wrong!
5Rani has ............... home.
Wrong!
6We ............... the railway station before the train arrived.
Wrong!
7They do not ............... here.
Wrong!
8I ............... editing this magazine for twenty five years by next December.
Wrong!
9Peter ............... two wickets before rain interrupted play.
Wrong!
10I ............... him twice before he left for New York.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10

Answers

  1. When I saw him he had been bed-ridden for two months.
  2. I left college last year.
  3. There was a famine in Bengal in 1982.
  4. The child was made to drink the milk.
  5. Rani has gone home.
  6. We had reached the railway station before the train arrived.
  7. They do not live here.
  8. I will have been editing this magazine for twenty five years by next December.
  9. Peter had taken two wickets before rain interrupted play.
  10. I met/had met him twice before he left for New York.
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