When I was in Spain last summer, I ______ quite a lot of Spanish.

Susan didn't finish the job on time.  Now  Mr Brown realizes that he ______ too much of   her then.

Bob looked back only to find an old classmate whose name ________ him for the moment.

Much to our joy, John was finally __________ to join in our adventurous journey. 

Generally speaking, every child wants to be _________ when he does something good.