The number of guests invited to the party___fifty,but a number of them ___absent for different reasons,which made him very disappointed
—I didn’t expect that John would be absent from my last Sunday’s birthday party. —As far as I know, he ______ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays.
_____ to improving services, we will provide customers with all the information they need.
“I’d like to give my thanks to those _____ help my son was able to survive this terrible disease,” said the woman on TV.
After the earthquake, many people had to be _____ in the tents because most of their houses were badly damaged.
I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions ________ she stopped working because of ill health.