Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology ____ so rapidly.

By the time my mother came back from work, my sister and I ________ supper and were waiting for her at the table.

I’ve _____ my things at home.

— Look! How long _____ like this?　  — Three weeks! It’s usual here that rain _____ without stopping these days of the year.

—What’s that terrible noise? —The neighbors ________ for a party.