28. --- Is Bob still performing? --- I’m afraid not. He is said _____ the stage already as he has become an official.
.--- Do you know Uncle Tom is crazy about gardening? ---Sure. He ____ his flowers in the garden now.
.How many foreign friends does he have? ___.
.The soldiers had worked for a long time.They ___ become tired and hungry, but ___ of them would stop to take a rest.
.What I want to tell you is ____:The sports meet is put off till next Sunday.
.Miss Yang is ill.____ is why I have come here to give lesson.