Tom, _____ the phone. I’m busy preparing supper.— Coming, Mum.

__some people criticize graffiti for being ugly and destructive, those graffiti lovers still see it as real art.

I’ve finally finished my paper and it _____me an entire month.

The husband has ____getting up early because he has to drive his wife and daughter to school in the morning.

William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to ________.[ ]