PRACTICE GRAMMAR EXERCISE

PRACTICE GRAMMAR EXERCISE

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. No football team …………………….. championship without defenders.

a) can’t win a
b) can win a
c) can’t win no

2. How many players ……………….. baseball team?

a) there are in a
b) is there in a
c) was there
d) are there in a

3. …………………., a deer leapt out in front of me.

a) While driving down the road
b) While I was driving down the road
c) I was driving down the road
d) Driving down the road

4. The Turks ……………………… Constantinople in 1453 and that was the end of the Byzantine Empire.

a) have captured
b) had captured
c) captures
d) captured

5. Although it ………………….. for days, the cricket pitch was in perfect condition.

a) had been raining
b) is raining
c) had raining
d) has been raining

6. …………………….., but she could not understand the Genoese dialect.

a) Maria speaks Italian well
b) Though Maria speaks Italian well
c) As Maria speaks Italian well

Answers

1. No football team can win a championship without defenders.

2. How many players are there in a baseball team?

3. While I was driving down the road, a deer leapt out in front of me.

4. The Turks captured Constantinople in 1453 and that was the end of the Byzantine Empire.

5. Although it had been raining for days, the cricket pitch was in perfect condition.

6. Maria speaks Italian well, but she could not understand the Genoese dialect.