It’s very________ that, in many schools, the students are going to spend less time in doing homework than they used to .

The boy is _______ my sister, so he sits in front of her.

. —Did you get there by ______ bike?—No, I took ______ taxi.

Lily _____ like to play chess with me.

Did you return from Shanghai on time?—No. The train________ I took was late because of the bad weather.