The last half of the nineteenth century _____ the steady improvement in the means of travel.
Since you have had your cell phone _____ , you don’t need to borrow mine.
—Tom, come and join us in the game, please!—______, but I have something important to do.
A(n)______ picture of the Middle Ages was full of religious symbols.
—When was your new book published? —Well, ______ was in October 2011.
—I want to get a license. What do you think I should do? —Only with enough practice ______ the driving test, I think.