He said that what Mary had bought from the supermarket that morning ________ only a     few potatoes, eggs and salt, but I don’t think what he said ________ true.

 There ________ a lot of juice in the fridge. 

The number of pages in this dictionary ________ about two thousand.

The boy’s parents, who let him play football indoors, rather than the boy ________ to blame for the broken window. 

 The number of smokers in China ________increased in recent years, and a number of them _________ the youth.