1. Mary, you _____ better start revising your work as your examination is one month away! hollered Mrs Tan when she saw Mary chatting excessively with her friends.

2. The shopping mall _____ closed recently for renovation.

3. Jenny does not speak English so I ______ to her in Korean when she was in class.

4. Jane does not want to miss the online class and neither _____ Mary, Siti and Devi.

5. John was working on his assignment when he saw Mrs Tan _____ over a brick on the floor.

6. Ashley's father believes in celebrating her success in school. In the recent grammar test, he praised her as she had made _____ mistakes as compared to before.

7. After Jason had tied his shoelaces and _____ his bag, he ran to the bus-stop as fast as he could.

8. As I was unable to get more classes involved, my classmates had to clean the canteen by _____.

9. Joan refused to turn up for the Talent Time rehearsal _____ Mulan joined her. They had agreed to take part in the competition together.

10. When we stayed home during the Circuit Breaker period, we learnt to be more tolerant _____ our family members.