Grammar exercise (intermediate level)

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. When I saw him he ………………. bed-ridden for two months.

2. I ………………… college last year.

3. There ....................... a famine in Bengal in 1982.

4. The child ………………. to drink the milk.

5. Rani has ……………….. home.

6. We ………………. the railway station before the train arrived.

7. They do not …………………. here.

8. I …………………. editing this magazine for twenty five years by next December.

9. Peter …………………. two wickets before rain interrupted play.

10. I …………………. him twice before he left for New York.

Select 2 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. (Reached is also possible here.)

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 had met him twice before he left for New York.