—Do you know if he has recovered from the illness?
—Recovered? I am afraid that he ________ now in the hospital.

---- John ,why are you so upset?
----I _________ my cellphone all morning but it is nowhere to be found.

At this time next week ______________ the English Channel.

--- “Fail to do your homework again?”
---“Sorry, I ____ something else and didn’t hear your assignment.”

Had it been possible, I would have gone to attend Monica in the hospital, but I________ fully occupied last month.

The Diaoyu Islands _____ in Chinese maps since the 14th and 15th centuries.

In the past few months, the country _____ a further tightening of supply restrictions, making fuel and food supplies more difficult to obtain.

Shakespeare’s play Hamlet ______ into at least ten different films over the past years.

I ____ to visit you later that day, but I had to phone and cancel.

I would have gone to my cousin’s birthday party last night, but I ______ available.