1. Let's keep to the point or we ______ never_______ (reach) any decisions.

2. My mind wasn't on what he was saying, so I'm afraid I______ (miss) half of it.

3. I don’t think Jim saw me; he _____ just ______ (stare) into space.

4. I ____ (ask) you not to move my dictionary——now I can't find it.

5. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ______ (begin) to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.

6. --George and Lucy got married last week. Did you go to their wedding?

 --No, I ______ ______ ______(invite). Did they have a big wedding?

7. Shirley _____ (write) a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.

8. John and I have been friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _____ ______(see) each other a couple of times before that.