Our head teacher’s playing the violin _______ our classroom on the New Year’s Party.

He was a bit nervous. He _________his spare breath with a soft sound that was almost heard by the audience.

My parents expected too much of me. When they heard that I hadn’t passed the college entrance examination, they almost ______. 

-How long have you been in the room?- Just a few minutes. My cousins ___home together with me.

Some passengers were ______ in the traffic accident and taken to the nearest hospital.