The computer looks old, but it _________ just half a year ago. 

Jim ______ a late night film at home when, right in the middle a thrilling scene, the television went blank. 

The teacher told me that the light ______ faster than sound.

A new cinema __________ here. They hope to finish it next month.

 —I didn’t expect that John would be absent from my last Sunday’s birthday party.—As far as I know, he ______ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays.