____people believe the highlight in the play isn’t an attraction to my friends and me.

I hope that the teacher can be merciful_____me, or Icannot get through the exam.[ ]

There ______ a notebook and two pens on my desk.

Mike is often absent from class. — Tell him he answerfor it if he goes on behaving like that.

Greatly encouraged by what the teacher said, the boy returned to his seat, ____ to study harder.