— What were you up to when your parents came in? — I__for a while and__some reading.
_______ Tom, we wouldn’t have been late for the last bus.
The twin brothers stand under the tree, ______ and say nothing.
________ that I was puzzled.
The factory, including its machines and buildings, ______ burnt to ashes during the fire.
– Are you cleaning my room? – I can’t help _____.I can’t bear seeing people’s room in a mess!