- Mum, I failed to catch the train.

- If you __________ at the station ten minutes earlier, you could have caught it.

The construction of a highway will __________ the growth of the suburbs.

Only after Mary read her composition the second time __________ the spelling mistake.

Charles Dickens, a famous 19^th- century writer, wrote many popular novels, __________ Oliver Twist is a good example.

It was a nice meal, __________ a little expensive.

- Jack is in a bad mood because he failed in yesterday’s exam. 

- __________? As far as I know, he is doing fine work at school.

The words of early blues songs often __________ a single line repeated two or three times.

- You look exhausted!

- I __________ tennis with my friend all the morning.

She __________ an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department store.

The last time we had great fun was __________ we were visiting the Water Park.