1 Mrs Miller was tired because she had been working on her report for

hours.

2 When I was talking to him, I understood that he had not read my letter.

3 Kate was walking home when she met her classmates.

4 The house looked abandoned. Nobody had visited it for years.

5 What were you doing last week?

6 Alex's hands were covered in paint. He had been painting.

7 My sister went to the hospital yesterday. She hadn't been feeling well for

several days.

8 Jessica invited some friends to her housewarming party last weekend.

Unfortunately, some of them didn't come. Some even hadn't notified her.