---What were you doing when I phoned you?
---I had just finished my homework and ______ to take a bath.

Look out! The train ________.

Much to my surprise, it _____ raining by the time I wanted to go out.

--- Who’s that in the photo?
--- It’s my brother. This photo _______ fourteen years ago.

Take care! Don’t drop ink on your shirt, for it _______ easily.

--- Look! Everything here is under construction.
--- What’s the pretty small house that _______ for?

—What’s the noise?   —Oh, I forget to tell you. The new machine     .

He ________ two tickets for us before he arrived at the entrance of the cinema.

Don’t call him at this time tomorrow, because he ________ a meeting with his teachers.

----Why didn’t you apply for the job?
----I ________, but my old friend offered me a better one.