______ it is hoped that college students should be equipped with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case

Don’t be late again， Mike.— .

But for the help of my English teacher，I________the first prize in the English Writing Competition.

How long have you learned English—So far, we ________ English for more than six years.

Elise remembers many things exactly as if it ______ yesterday.