The first textbooks _____for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.
His wife ________him to stop smoking, but he didn’t listen.
What he had said about the incident and done with it _________ our trouble.
I was afraid Mr. Lu would not accept my advice at the beginning. _______, he was quite pleased with it.
--- He has been playing computer games these weeks. --- It’s no ______ he didn’t do well in the test this time.
The number of people invited to the party ______ fifty, but a number of them _____ absent.