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

Meat and fish ________ my favourite food.

I ________ two baseballs and my friend ________five baseballs.

The number of the people invited to the meeting ____ about 100, but a number of them ____ late because of the heavy snow.

The company used 50 percent of the raw materials, the rest of which __________ sent to other cities to help the factories there.