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My mother ___ ill.

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My friends ___ happy.

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It ____ rainy.

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A man ___ walking with his dog.

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She ___ sleeping.

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She ___ sad yesterday.

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Tom and Bill ___ my best friends.

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Where ___ Mary last Sunday?

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How old ___ Tom last year?

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They ___ born in spring.

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