Predicting answers by paying attention to the parts of speech

'Today Miss Wan is absent,'________________ Student A matter-of-factly.

• (adj.) happy

• (adv.) happily

• (v.) announced

• (n.) announcement

"I love ... you," she murmured ___________________.

• (v.) hesitate

• (n.) hesitation

• (adj.) halting

• (adv.) haltingly

The child _______________ at his teacher as he received the award.

• (v.) beam

• (v.) will beam

• (v.) beamed

• (v.) is beaming

I dragged myself ______________ out of bed at five o'clock this morning.

• (adj.) weary

• (v.) wear

• (adv.) wearily

• (v.) is wearing

"I wish he was here," she ____________ deeply.

• (v.) sighed

• (n.) sigh

• (v,) sigh

• (v.) was sighing