In the early days of radio, those who reported the news were ________ to speak with standard dialects.

I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but ＿＿＿＿＿

There is ____ with my computer . It doesn’t work .

Would you please pass me the knife _____? [ ]

Tom’s father, as well as his brothers, ________ in New York for a few more days.[ ]