In just a decade, the company has been ________ from a family business to a large operation.

The letter was so badly written that I couldn’t _________ it.  

It is ten years since we ________ each other last time.  

Before Sally left home, her mother kept telling her to ________ her manners at the party.

By the time I _____the railway station, the train _____.

I couldn’t get to sleep, but _____ all night.

One third of the houses ______ destroyed when a terrible earthquake struck the city last night.

The news she looked forward to ____.

Which class are you going to ____ after school?

It is reported that the epidemic         half the town’s population.