Hurry up!The play        for ten minutes.

A.has begun     B.began      C.has been on         D.has been

 --- Sorry, I’m late.

--- It doesn’t matter. The meeting _____ just for several minutes.

  A. has begun     B. has started    C. has been on    D. started

By the time I got to the cinema,the movie _______ for ten minutes.

  A.had begun      B.had been on       C.has started       D.has been on

They’re late. The film _____ for 5 minutes.

A. has begun        B. has started       C. has been on     D. start

This morning I had hardly got to my school when it_____ to rain.

A. had begun    B. was beginning        C. began        D. begins