Mother ______ him not to smoke, but he wouldn’t listen.
Please get someone______the washing machine.I want to get it______as soon as possible.
Readers can______quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.
You are______your time trying to persuade him;he’ll never join us.
—You didn’t invite John to the party?—______him,too?
She told me that her father______to the post office when I arrived.