## Step 4 - Grammar

Grammar
Let’s look at …. past perfect.

| #### Past perfect

We use the past perfect to show something that happened before the main event. In the example above, the voting took place before the main event.
The past perfect underlines the difference in time.
For example:

- When I arrived at the cinema, the film had already started.

Do the exercise.

#### Past perfect continuous

Lets look at ..... past perfect vs past perfect continuous.
The scientists had been working all night to get the report ready for publication.
We use the present perfect continuous when we want to emphasise an action that was happening before a certain point in time.
In other words, something that was happening.

Read the theory about the Past perfect continuous in the Grammar Desk.

| #### Past perfect continuous