We still cannot persuade him to give up smoking ____ hard we tried.
I hear Mr. Smith was writing a story last year and he still ____.
— Why didn’t you come to Mike’s birthday party yesterday?— Well, I ____, but I forgot it.
The big earthquake is reported to have ____ more than 4,000 people homeless.
You have made a few spelling mistakes in your composition, but ____, it is fairly good.
— Would you like to go to the cinema with me this evening?— I’d like to, but I won’t be free tonight. Let’s make ____ some other day.