. — We had a good time in the park last Saterday. Pity you weren’t there. — I really ____ come but I was looking after my mother in the hospital.

Why are you late again—I overslept，and________I got to the bus stop，the bus had left．

You’d better read the ______ first before you use the new camera.

The villagers demanded a(n) reply to theirproblems.[ ]

You’d better go there by train. The train ticket is_____ the airplane ticket.