Learn · Sentences Describing a Match

The game was tied for most of the match, but one team broke the deadlock in the final minutes.

B2

Sentence

Narrator

The game was tied for most of the match, but one team broke the deadlock in the final minutes.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

To keep the game exciting, try to maintain a tie for as long as possible.

Describing Habits

Games often stay tied until the very end, creating suspense for the audience.

Asking About Others

How did the teams manage to keep the game tied for so long?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If the game hadn't been tied for so long, the final minutes wouldn't have been so dramatic.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The score remained equal throughout the majority of the contest, until a decisive breakthrough in the closing stages.

Casual

The game was neck and neck for ages, then one team snatched the win at the last minute.

Simpler English

It was a tie until the end, then one team won.

Phrases to learn

tied for most of the match

The score was equal for a significant portion of the game.

broke the deadlock

To end a tie or stalemate.