This is the first time we _______ a film in the cinema together as a family.

In order to find the missing child, villagers _______ all they can over the past five hours.

Yesterday afternoon, I ______ basketball with my classmates for two hours.

He _______ Alice for ten years.

Glad to see you back. How long _______ in Russia?

—You haven’t got the textbook for my chemistry yet.
—I know, and we ________ to get it for the last five weeks.

—Have you worked here since you graduated?
—No, I ____________at a factory in Beijing for six years.

—Excuse me, could you spare me some time?
—Sorry, I ______ a lecture in the hall in a few minutes.