It was a difficult time, but we never________ hope.

More than thirty students competed ______ eachother in the English competition — But they could only compete______ three medals

This story is ______ easier and ______ interesting to read than that one.

His being late for the performance __________ a complete failure

f the reason CharlesDickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was _____ it was rather closelymodeled on his own life