Nobody in our class but Tom and I ___ that our monitor is going abroad for further education.

There ______ a group of people _______on the beach.

The factory used 65 percent of the raw materials, the rest of which ________ saved for other purposes. 

There _______ two books and a pen on the desk.

Mary is the only one of the teachers who ________ a little Chinese because she is one of my friends who ________ been to China.