—Why weren’t you at the meeting?—I ________ for a long-distance call from my aunt in America.
Their youngest child is at the stage ___________she can say a few words but not full sentences.
It was Paul’s low test scores that_________ his chances of getting into a good school.
_______they visited the Science Museum, they showed great interest in everything they saw.
To their disappointment, they found the lecture given by the professor difficult__________.
As soon as he heard the ________ news of his death, she _______ tears.