Writing has ________ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of pleasure.[ ]

______ your brother in the office—Yes, he is.

The government has taken some measures to reconstruct the earthquake-hit areas, but it must be some time ____ everything returns to normal[ ]

You never know how much difficulty we had _________________ the problem. Luckily, we try to solve it with Mrs Wu’s help.

Look! Some women are chatting _____ over there and the rest _____ looking at the pictures.