This is the reason he was late for class today.

I don’t like doing the dishes because it’s ________.

Mo Yan, many of _____ works were based on his experience in his birth place, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

What were you doing when the telephone rang?—I ______ away my books and ______ to bed

Why are you worried—I’m expecting a call from my daughter. She New York for three days.