—Your colleague's spoken English is quite good, Amy．— No wonder, as she              in the USA for two years．                  

At this time next week ______________ the English Channel.

 It’s obvious that she ______ him for a long time.

I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but ＿＿＿＿＿. 

So far this year we ______ a fall in house prices by between 5 percent and 10 percent.