. The Smiths ______ their breakfast when the morning post came.
_____ you didn’t know the rules shouldn’t be an excuse for your failure to report.
— Did a letter come for me this morning? — Yes. _____ came for you.
Nothing could be done at the meeting, the chairman_____ absent.
— The weather has been very hot and dry. —Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables.
So______ that most parents are too worried to let their kids travel alone at the beginning of the new term.