If there were no subjunctive mood, English _________ much easier.
The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be ________ the present one.
Martin’s been ill, but ________, I think he’s hoping to come with us tomorrow.
That tree, __________ are almost bare, is a very old one.
The reason ____ she was absent is _____ he was badly ill yesterday.
It suddenly _____ to the detective that the professor was probably murdered by his own wife .