Grammar exercise intermediate level

Grammar exercise intermediate levelComplete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.. the railway station before the train arrived.. editing this magazine for twenty

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

a) was

b) has been

c) had been

d) were

2 I ……… college last year

a) had left

b) left

c) leaved

d) was leaving

3 There ……… a famine in Bengal in 1982

a) was

b) has been

c) were

d) had been

4 The child ……… to drink the milk

a) had made

b) has made

c) was made

d) would make

5 Rani has ……… home

a) went

b) go

c) gone

d) going

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

a) had reached

b) has reached

c) reached

d) was reached

7 They do not ……… here

a) live

b) lives

c) living

d) lived

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

a) will be

b) will have been

c) is

d) would be

9 Peter ……… two wickets before rain interrupted play

a) took

b) has taken

c) had taken

d) had took

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

a) met

b) have met

c) had met

d) met

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.

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