The increasing number of cars on the road _______ traffic. This was the reason why we couldn’t get here on time.

(2013·高考江西卷)She________the carpet with some very nice curtains in colour.

Kathy ______ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.

Teenagers shouldn’t be _______ from school although they don’t do well in their studies. 

In our childhood, we were often_____ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.