—You've got your flat furnished，haven't you?—Yes．I   some used furniture at the Sunday Market and it was a real bargain．

— Mum，I really think Dad should have a break and get relaxed．—Yes．He  too long．

Last year I applied to Princeton University. I ________ they would say yes — but they did, and now here I am．

Don’t telephone me at 8 a.m. tomorrow — I ________ a meeting.

There are lots of problems in your hometown, but we're happy to see many of them___________.

----- The windows must have taken you quite a long time that day. ----- Right. They ______ for months.

Last night my neighbors ______ such a loud noise at the party that I couldn’t sleep at all.

----- What is the price of petrol these days？-----Oh, it ______ sharply since last month. 

--- Julia hurt her back when she fell, and she is now in hospital. --- Oh, really? I _____ know. I _____ go and visit her.

---- Where is mother? ---- She is in the kitchen. She ______ the housework all morning.

—How long have you retired, Grandpa?—Well, four years, But you know, I         for Courtaulds for over forty years.

—No one answered when I phoned this morning. Where were you?—I       for teeth in the dental clinic.

Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning American writer, says if there’s a book you really want to read, but it ______ yet, then you must write it.

They studied what ______ since 2007 and found Australian electricity prices were among the  highest in the developed world.

A Colorado woman said that her iPhone 4 ______ fire while charging overnight.

Someone _____ his car in front of my house and it’s blocking my way.

Hello, I _______ you ______ in London. How long have you been here?

--- I haven’t seen Mary recently. And you?--- Me neither. I’m afraid she _________ to her experiment for too long a time.

My sister-in-law___________ my brother for ten years.

By the time Jack returned home from America, his son __________ from college.