When we reached the stadium in a rush,  the newly-elected major ____ his speech and the performance _______.

—Oh, my God. I forgot my purse in the shop.—Oh, not again. Why ____ you always ______ something?

— The window must have taken you quite a lot of time that day. — Right. They____ for weeks.

 As she _____ the newspaper, Granny _____ asleep.

—Why were you so late this morning? —I _____ in heavy traffic for an hour on the way here.