1

We had been cooking all day for the party and by 7 o'clock we still weren't ready.

COOK

2

He said he hadn't expected to be attacked by a polar bear.

NOT EXPECT

3

I had just finished writing a letter when the door bell rang.

FINISH

4

I knew she had been doing the washing because the machine was still working when I got in.

DO

5

By 10 o'clock the kids had done their homework and were ready to go out.

DO

6

The children had been doing their homework and by 10 o'clock they still had not finished it.

DO/

NOT FINISH

7

I knee by the look on their faces that they had been talking about me.

TALK

8

When the hunters arrived he had already killed the animal.

KILL

9

She had been studying English for 5 years before she visited Canada.

STUDY

10

Yesterday he was very tired because he had been digging all day.

DIG

11

- I knew you had been painting.

- How do you know?

- Your hands were covered with paint!

PAINT

12

You were out of breath when I met you yesterday. Had you been jogging?

JOG

13

She had been sleeping for 3 hours when we woke her up.

SLEEP

14

When the police arrived the thief had got away and there was nobody around.

GET

15

He quickly forgot everlasting he had learnt at school.

LEARN