Tom likes playing _____ basketball very much, but he doesn’t like ______ basketball I bought him yesterday.

The young man _________ on his back _________ his eyes half-closed

______ with routine office tasks, she had no time tolook after her children.

The chair looks rather hard, but in fact it is very comfortable to _______.[ ]

______ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog.