-- Could you be so kind as to close the window? --
—Mike, why didn’t you come yesterday? —I __________, but I had an unexpected visitor.
—What about the books? —This kind of book __________ well.
Unfortunately, when I dropped in, Mr. Smith __________. So we only had time for a few words.
By the time I got to the theatre, the play __________ for ten minutes.
—Does the old man know the museum very well? —No, this is the first time he __________ here.