J. K. Rowling ________ writing Harry Potter at a local caf because she could not afford to heat her home.

I would have come sooner but I ________ that they were waiting. 

My seven-year-old daughter has a great interest in music and _______ Piano classes twice a week over the last three years. 

— I’m sorry, I thought the remark would amuse you.— It _____.

Although she is pretending hard to be young, grey hair and the lines on her face _______.