Her birthday was on 25th December and she felt this was both lucky and unlucky. It __________________ great to have her birthday on a special day like Christmas. (BE)
was
The doorbell __________________ and her classmate, Brian, appeared. He had a plastic bag in his hand. (RING)
rang
“Happy birthday, Annie!” Brian said and got an old oil lamp out of his bag. Annie __________________ hide her surprise: “What’s this? And where did you buy it?” (NOT CAN)
could not