There _________ no flowers in the garden in winter.

It is not how much money you will give us but that you are present at the ceremony ______ really matters.

—Have you heard that Tom, along with his parents, _____ to Japan?—Really? No wonder I haven’t seen him these days.

---You could have walked here.---Yes. A taxi ___________ necessary.

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