Carrie wants her children to speak more ____________, so she often reminds them to say “please” and “thank you” to other people.

If Tom’s grandparents __________ a computer last year, they’d still be using their old typewriter.

A: I can’t get the Internet to work. B: You need to _____________ that blue cable to the computer. Then it should work.

Monica trained very hard for the state tennis champ longship. ____________ her efforts, she could not win.

A: This car is great, but it cost too much money. B: Don’t worry, honey. Let me see if I can ____________ the car salesperson into giving us a discount, so we can buy it at cheaper price.

During his lifetime, the scientist made outstanding contributions to the study of the solar system, to say __________ of his research in physic.

Shuntaro has always tried to help the other members of the chess club. He has been doing so ____________ since he become the club’s president earlier this year.

Lisa and her brother had an ___________ about whose turn it was to wash the dishes. They each thought that they were the one who had done it last time.

This morning, Mr. Ikeda was tired at work he _____________ all night taking care of his baby girl.

Joe made a web page to sell some of old items. He put pictures on the web page and wrote a detailed ____________ of each item.

A: I’m going to be away next week, so please ___________ your assignment to Ms. Edwards. B: OK, Professor Clifton. I’ll give it to her as soon as I’m done.

Victor cannot be captain of the badminton team anymore because be is too busy with his school work. Michael is going to _____________ as captain.