— Is Tom still smoking?
— No. By next Saturday he ____ for a whole month without smoking a single cigarette.

I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _____.

— Sorry, I forget to post the letter for you.
— Never mind, _____ it myself tonight.

— What were you up to when your parents came in?
— I ____ for a while and ____ some reading.

I want to buy that kind of cloth because I ____ the cloth ____ well.

— Remember the first time we met, Jim?
— Of course I do. You ____ in the library.

The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They ____ too long.

— Was the driving pleasant when you went to Mexico last summer?
— No, it ____ for four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.

I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I _____ coffee.

— Can you give me the right answer?
— Sorry, I _____.Would you repeat that question?