Mo Yan, ________ordinary-looking writer from Shandong, China, was presented the Nobel Prize for Literature last year.

I_________for an English test when she came in at this time of yesterday.

Listen! Someone is knocking at the door. Who _____it be?—It_____be Tom. He phoned to visit me this evening.

Willie will learn swimming, no matter how much it ____.

Last winter it was very cold and ________ was a lot of snow in the north.