There ______ a book and some pens on the desk.

Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the nearest post office is I want to post a letter.—_______Oh, yes! It’s on the opposite side of the street, behind the Bank of China.

Joe likes ______, but he doesn’t like ______ this afternoon.

They wanted to charge $5,000, ______ we managed to bring the price down.

The government set up a monument ________ the heroes who died in the war.