There ____ a table, four chairs, three bikes in the courtyard, in the  middle of which ____ two tall trees with great shade.

He is the only one of the students who _______a winner of scholarship for three years.

―Why are you in such a hurry, John? ―There ________ a basketball match between Class Three and our class in ten minutes.

Many sheep _______ eating grass by the river.

Collecting stamps as a hobby___________ increasingly popular during the past fifty years.