Malta at War - Collocations and Expressions 7

Gap-filling exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text © Copyright - 2001 BIEB BIEB Exercise prepared by Michael A. Riccioli (2001). Many thanks to John A. Mizzi, Editor of 'Malta at War'.
   administrators      Battle      Congress      crown      defeat      disastrous      expanded      fortifications      greatest      increasing      independence      influence      number      rise      sentinel      space      spread      station      strategic      together      Treaty      under      with      years  
(1) a of able
(2) the of the French
(3) rout
(4) of Paris
(5) a British colony
(6) the of Vienna
(7) Britain's
(8) a base
(9) ever links
(10) British
(11) to throughout
(12) the fleet in size
(13) with
(14) in the of a few
(15) the war of
(16) the of Navarino
(17) ships sail
(18) the of Malta
(19) Britain's overseas naval
(20) military