Detailed Instructions: You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
See one example below:
Problem: The kid on the street is ____ soccer
Solution: playing
Explanation: This is the original sentence 'The kid on the street is playing soccer' So, we have correctly predicted the missing word to be 'soccer'

Problem: and since sitting and waiting was the only thing to do just then she sat and waited with all her might and main matthew encountered the stationmaster locking up the ticket office preparatory to going home for supper and asked ____ if the five thirty train would soon be along
Solution:
him