You’d better put a cloth over the salad to ______ the flies for the sake of health.

I received a call one morning from a lady, but she phoned________, as she kept asking to speak  to someone else who I didn’t know at all. 

If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have _______. 

New York _______ second in the production of apples last year, producing850,000,000 pounds.  

This morning Tom got up ealier ___ be late for school.