.I ___ the English conversation yesterday evening.

Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should workharder, but ______ didn’t help.

Whose case is it? — I’m not quite sure. But maybe it _______ Mr. White.

In the library new books have to be ___before they are put on shelves for reader’s use.

The New York Times ______ a wide circulation in that town and that people each ______ a copy in the subway is a common occurrence.