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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
