The jacket, which my mother bought me as a birthday present, _____ me pretty well but the trousers my father gave me were too short.

The good-for-nothing graduate’s mind _______ when he learned that he could not get the graduation diploma because of his poor performance．

To my surprise, at yesterday’s meeting he again            the plan that didn’t sound reasonable.

 Hardly had the employees ________ with their work when the rain stopped.

--- Can you tell me how many study groups there are in a class?              --- Generally speaking, a class often ___ 8 study groups, each with 7 group members.