Progress _____ so far very good and we are sure that the work will be finished on time.

The scientists predict that if present trends____, women in 400 years will be 2cm shorter and have healthier hearts．

—Did you watch the movie Mei Lanfang in the People’s Theatre last night?
— I had planned to, but it ________ hard all the time.

After the flood, no house in the village ______,

-----Hi, Nancy, I didn’t know you had come back. So have you graduated from college?
---- Yes. I _____ French for 5 years in Nanjing.

---Why didn’t you go to yesterday’s meeting?
---I would have but I ______ too busy working on the important experiment.

Edward, you play so well. But I __________ you played the piano.

His sister left home in 1998, and__________ since.

— I will come to attend your lecture at 10:00 tomorrow.
— I’m sorry, by then my lecture will have ended and I _____ in my office.

I could have turned to Mr. Smith for help, but he ______ too busy then.