It’s 8 o’clock. My mother is reading a book. My sister and I _____.

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

No one in the department but Tom and I_________ that the director is going to resign.

The population of city________ larger than that of any other city in the country.

The number of people invited_____40, but a number of them______absent for different reasons.