To be honest, I would agree with Tom, though not _____.

You needn’t have apologized for your absence—      , it’s hardly your fault.

---How was your driving test going?---Not very well at first, but after many attempts I ____ passed it.

Susan advised me not to buy the vase, but I bought it _____.

As is known to all language learners, the newly learnt words will soon be forgotten unless they are _______ used in everyday communication.