Ms. Liu usually gives us a lot of homework, ___ she didn't give us any today.

Playing games on the cellphone ___ popular with high school students.

There ___ more than twenty clubs in our school. Which one would you like to join?

Diane had a bad cold last week. She is still too ___ to go mountain climbing with you.

The book under Mary's desk is ___, but I don't know why it is there.

Last night a garbage truck hit a tree and turned over. Now the street is ___ with lots of garbage.

It almost killed Kevin to take care of his baby sister for one afternoon. He wondered how his mom could do ___ every day.

Joyce tells her brother everything. She never ___ anything from him.

Ben always uses his birthday as a(n) ___ to ask Dad to buy him something expensive.

___ that last piece of pie? If not, can I have it? I didn't eat much this morning.

Everyone in the class enjoys playing chess ___ Bill; he thinks the game is boring.

In my school days, I ___ to English radio programs every day. That was how I learned English at that time.

Tom's voice ___ when he talks about his neighbors. He speaks faster, his face becomes redder and you can almost see fire in his eyes.

___ other waiters in the restaurant have worked here longer than Clark; only Lois and Lana started working here before him.

Look at the picture. The man is holding one of the ___.

My mom puts the ___ on to keep her hands away from water when she washes the dishes.

Can you ___ your feet a little off the floor? I want to see if my keys are under the sofa.

___ of my sisters are older than I am. I'm the youngest of the three children in my family.

The beach near our town is a very ___ place. Every summer at least one kid dies there in the water.

My wife enjoys going to the movies with her friends, but I like to watch TV at home by ___.

For the past twenty years, my father ___ in a school library. But he'll leave the job next month.

It's great that we can buy train tickets over the phone without going out. It ___ us a lot of time.

Mozart ___ his first music when he was only six years old.

Jill: Have you decided ___ you will celebrate your 30th birthday?

Sue: Yeah, I'm going to have a big barbecue party.

Alison doesn't like ___ what to do. She only does things she wants to do.

Josh has planned to make a trip to New York and ___ some of his friends there.

Ms. Johnson has been taking phone calls since she entered the office this morning. Just when she thought she could finally leave work, ___ call came in.

We were so sure that Jerry ___ well on the difficult job. His past experience in other work showed he was the right guy for it. So when he failed, no one believed it.

For Mike, the price is ___ important thing when he shops for jeans. He cares even more about the shape and the size of the pockets.

In the picture, the boy is ___ the old man.

Listen! The baby ___ in the bedroom. Why don't you go in and take a look?

Jill is ___ that the city park is closed for the music festival because now she can't jog there.

Steven wants to be a ___, because he loves to watch people enjoy the food he prepares.

Paul misses his parents a lot. He ___ them since he came to work in Taiwan a year ago.

Our teacher Ms. Wu seldom laughs, but when she ___, everyone in the same building can hear her.

My sister is coming to my home today. She ___ with me for a week.

Edward had worked as a computer engineer for ten years. This ___ helped him a lot when he started his own computer shop.

If you're interested in our business plan, ___ this number and ask for Ms. Lee. She'll answer your questions.

Jimmy would not get up for breakfast, ___ his dad had already tried to pull him from his bed several times.

Duncan spent all his money trying to ___ the bookstore his mom left him. Sadly, the business never got better, and he had to close it in the end.

Fiona loves listening to her children sing songs ___ at school.

Beverly eats lots of snacks ___ meals. That's why she is often too full to eat anything at mealtimes.

Nora: Can I check your drawer for some tools we can use?

Matt: Sure. Take a look. See if you can find ___ in there.