—Why weren’t you at the meeting? —I        for a call from my husband in Guangdong.

This morning the police ______ to the scene of the crime when it began to rain. 

—What happened to Bill?—He ________ really fast when suddenly he ran into a parked car.

---Tommy, do you know if Frank _____ to the theatre with us this Sunday if it _____?---Sorry, I have no idea.

---By the way, how many of us can attend the meeting? ---The number of the students to attend the meeting _____ fifty.