—Tom, you didn’t come to the party last night? — I _____ , but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.
--- Are your family ready for rafting? ---Yes, I really want my children to experience that they are young.
There were many more people who got injured in the big fire than _______.
The little time we have together we’ll try _____ wisely.
Twenty years have passed, I am glad to find the local people in some undeveloped areas are _________ than they were before.
The reason ____ he explained to us was ____he overslept.