Fill in: say, tell or ask.

When I arrived at school that morning, I ... good morning to my classmates and sat down at my desk. Then our teacher came into the room and ... us that we were having a special visitor after lunch. All morning, even though our teacher ... us to continue working, we were too excited to do our exercises. No one could ... for certain who it would be, but we all had guesses. Suddenly, we heard a knock at the door. It was Steve Long, a local TV news presenter who had gone to our school years ago. He ... a few words about his time at the school and then ... us about his life as a TV presenter. Afterwards, we ... him a few questions. It was a very interesting day!