The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already _____ for a meal to be cooked.

It is reported that people throw_____ plastic bags along this street every day.

The earthquake ______ when I _______some cleaning.

The number of people invited to the wedding yesterday ______ two hundred, but a smallnumber of them ________ absent .

Can I pay the bill by check?— Sorry, sir. But it’s the management rules of our hotel that payment ______be made in cash.