We would rather the UN immediately ________ effective measures to settle the present conflicts between the two countries.

- Mum, I failed to catch the train.
- If you __________ at the station ten minutes earlier, you could have caught it.

Teachers recommend parents ______their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.

Without your help，I         the job on time last week．

You didn’t let me drive. If we ____ in turn, you ____ so tired.

—What happened to the young trees we planted last week?
—The trees ____ well, but I didn’t water them.

— Did you hear about Zhang Lili who saved the kids from being run over by a school bus?
— Yes. What do you think most people _____ if they were in a similar situation?

---What a pity! I missed the last concert of the year.
---Oh, not at all. It was so terrible. In fact, I would rather I ________ there.

Our monitor was absent. Otherwise I _________ the chair.

It’s high time that he settled down in the city and ____ a new life.