Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct grammatical forms.

My favourite room is ... kitchen. Perhaps the kitchen is ... room in many houses, but it is particularly so in our house because it’s not only where we cook and ... but it’s also the main meeting place for family and friends. I have so many happy memories of times spent there: special occasions such as homecomings or cooking Christmas dinner; troubled times, which lead to comforting cups of tea in the middle of the night; ordinary daily events such as making breakfast on dark, cold winter mornings for sleepy children before sending ... off to school, then sitting down to read the newspaper with a steaming hot mug of coffee. Whenever we have a party, people gravitate with their drinks to the kitchen. It always ... up the fullest and noisiest room in the house.