She _____ the carpet with some very nice curtains in color.

The reading room needs _____, but it’ll have to wait until Saturday or Sunday.

It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you _____ it.

The number of people in the party _____fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.

--- I hear a number of workers in the factory ______ out of work.
--- Yes, and the number _______ quite huge.

--- Did you return the book you borrowed from Tom?
--- Yes, I gave it to him ______ I saw him.

Two thirds of the buildings here ______ .

If you hurry up, I think it is quite ____ that you will catch the flight to Hong Kong . There are 40 minutes left.

Don’t leave the water ___ while you brush your teeth.