Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs from the box. There may be more than one correct answer.
(begin, help, meet, offer, prove, receive)

1. We ...... at five o'clock to analyse the data, but then something else came up.
2. You were so sure that you ...... the research grant. What a shame that you didn't
3. One of my mates said he ...... me with the project, but in the end I did it on my own.
4. The school ...... extra IT courses this year, but unfortunately the funding for them was cancelled.
5. He hoped that the results of the experiment ...... that he was right, but they didn't.
6. The lecture ...... at 9 o'clock but the teacher was late.