## Step 2 - Grammar

Grammar
Let's look at the past perfect.
When I recently wandered in London, searching for 52 previously documented examples of Banksy’s street art, 40 works had disappeared altogether, whitewashed over or destroyed.
Look at the sentences above and answer the question.
When did the street art disappear?

1. at the same time the writer was walking around London
2. before the writer walked around London.
3. after the writer walked around London.

Read and complete the rules. We use the past perfect to talk about actions that had happened before/after the simple past.
We form the past perfect with had /have + past participle.
Read and tick the correct answer. Example: Two women painted my nails. I had already paid for it. Which happened first?

1. the payment
2. the nail painting?

Do the exercise.
Write a sentence with the past perfect. Use the notes to help you.

You can check out the theory of the past perfect tense in the Grammar Desk.

KB: Past perfect