I called you up last night but I couldn’t_____________.

The most beautiful teacher Zhanglili ________ a mother to her students.—Yes, she is really a good teacher.

idn’t you ring me up when Sue arrived—sorry, I ______ my essay that was to be handed in by noon.

I want to get the job very much, but I don’t know how to _______ the interviewer of my ability to do it well.

On the night of February 27, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Chile, _____ over 500,000 homes and _____ more than 800 people.[ ]