It was midnight. Outside it ________________ very hard. (rain) 2. Tom went to his friends ‘house, but the boys __________ (not be) there. They (play) ______________soccer in the vacant lot down the street. 3. I hope they (finish) _____________ building the road by the time we come back next summer. 4. By 2020, the number of schools in our country ____________ (double). 6. Since 1981, scientists in the world (find) ______________a lot of things to fight AIDS. 7. When I came, he (sleep) ______________ on the sofa. 8. Where (Loan/ study) _______ _______ at this time? 9. The postmen (bring)___________ the letters twice a day. 10. The patient’s condition (improve) _____________much since last night.