Question

The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.

Answer 1

This is an example of past perfect tense, when a sentence uses the words, "had done", "will be doing".

Here are some examples in a sentence.

• I will be leaving tomorrow for the games.

• She had done all her chores, so she played outside.

• He had ate all of the popcorn! It tasted so great.

• They had bought beautiful shoes. I will never forget those shoes.

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