Between the two lectures _____ a break, _______ the audience can buy ice cream. 

Such poets as Shakespeare _____ widely read, of whose works, however, some _____ difficult to understand.

A great number of visitors ________ attracted to my hometown, and the number of foreigners there _______ quite large. 

In this hotel, the bread and butter ______served for breakfast. Meanwhile, a knife and fork _____very useful for a foreigner.

A professor and a writer _________present at the meeting.