—Where have you been?
—I         in the heavy traffic. Otherwise I         here earlier.

But for the help of my English teacher, I        the first prize in the English Writing Competition.

If he _______ the opportunity at that time, he would be the new department manager now.

We surely desire that the tour leader ________us immediately of any change in the travel schedules.   

When I am tired with math exercises, I            go out for a walk to get relaxed.

— Little Tom broke a window in our class. 
— I would rather he            that.

The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the World Wide Wait because it ________ be very slow.   

________ his overdrinking, the accident would not have happened.

How I wish I________ to repair the TV! I only made it worse .

All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he________ badly wounded and that he ______at once.