WHEN TO PUT has have?
While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it.
When to use has instead of had?
- ‘Has’ is the third person singular present tense of ‘have’ while ‘had’ is the third person singular past tense and past participle of ‘have.
- Both are transitive verbs, but ‘has’ is used in sentences that talk about the present while ‘had’ is used in sentences that talk about the past.
What is the difference between ‘has held’ and ‘had held’?
“Has held” is present perfect tense and denotes an action in an indefinite time which may continue. “He has held the office of mayor.” “Had held” is past perfect denoting an action in the past that is completed. “He had held the office of mayor, but was impeached.”
What is the difference between have had and have had?
“Have had” is using the verb have in the present perfect tense. Consider the present tense sentence: I have a lot of homework. This means that I have a lot of homework now. On the other hand, we use the present perfect tense to describe an event from the past that has some connection to the present.
How to use ‘had had’ and ‘had wanted’ in the past perfect?
There’s no special magic with “had had”, they don’t really go together as a pair anymore than “had wanted” go together. So don’t worry so much about how to use “had had” as a unit of grammar, they will come together naturally when you want to express the verb ‘to have’ in the past perfect.
How do you use the word ‘has’ in a sentence?
First, you have to make sure that you understand the tense that you are using. For example; If you use has alone it is referring to the “third person” and saying that that person possesses something. ( She has a beautiful car .)