If I hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you _________ now.
--- May I ask a favour of you? --- ______.
--- Next Monday is my birthday. --- Is that so? ______ --- Thank you.
--- Do you think I can pass the test? --- ______, I’m afraid.
-- Jimmy came close to being killed in a traffic accident the other day. --- ______? He was driving carefully all the time.
--- John is very bright and studies very hard. --- It’s no ______ he always gets the first place in any examination.