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Uses Of Has,have, had

To make perfect tense (Have, has, had) Have has had is used to make perfect tense I you we or third person plural always come with have and third person singular come with has In the past tense (first, second, and third person ) in both number singular and plural come with had.

Some wrong expressions with present perfect Some of common mistakes that mostly happen in our sentence that we use expression of past tense in present perfect tense some expressions are like.. Yesterday, last evening/night/week / month/little while ago/moment/minute ago / day/ month/ago

Wrong expressions He has come yesterday I have done this last year He has come a few minute ago I have met him last summer

Wright expressions He came yesterday I did this last year He came few minute ago I met him last winter

Just now with present Perfect I have come just now she has given me this book just now.

When the task that started in the past and continue to the present: to make these kind of sentence we use this formation: (Present perfect + adverbial /prepositional phrase) these adverbial prepositional phrase are as following Yet, just, since, for, never, often today, recently, so, far, until, now up to the present, this day, week, moment month etc follow this formation to use above words.. Subject+ has/have +past participle + adverbial +prepositional phrase

we have not meet him since last year. She has lived in Canada for many years. She has not yet come. I have recently built a new website.

Some adverbs always follows only present perfect tense never follow simple past tense like Already, yet, since, till now, so far like he has already come here. Never use this (he has already came here)

Causative verbs -- when the subject of the sentence makes somebody else to get the work complete we use this formation Subject+ has/ have /had + object + past participial I had her punished for this deed . He has a website built. I had my application corrected. We can also use get or got in the place of has/have/ had...Like I got him punished I got my car repaired. He gets his car repair every month. I am getting my website built.

Past tense and distant past tense when a task started in the past and the one happened in the distant past: to make this kind of sentence first task is written in perfect tense and the last is written in simple past tense and to join these two sentences we use conjunction like... When, before, after like - She has gone before I reached at her home. first action she has gone Second - I reached So first action always come with perfect tense and the second with simple past tense Example The patient had died before the doctor reached. I had left the party before they join. I had ignore the proposal before you recommended

Formation of compulsion /necessity /obligation sentences Subject + has/have/had got +infinitive Example I have to obey him

I have to borrow money. My father had to borrow money for me. You will have to follow me. To make negative: Subject + has /have / had +infinitive I have not to obey him. I have not to borrow money. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

'have to' in negative sentences


In negatives to show that something is not necessary we follow this rule: subject + doesn't have to + verb 'We don't have to work tomorrow.' 'She doesn't have to wear a uniform to school' 'I didn't have to make my bed when I was young'

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Has, have, had to show possession I have pen he has book they have lots of money we have property. To show relation a table has four legs I have three sisters. A cow has two horns. These sentence also give expression of (take /give/ enjoy/experience)like I have had my dinner. She had her bath early in d morning. We had a good time.

Negative Sentence with had have has Sub+had/have/has +no/ not any+ noun I have no money

he has no money. I have not any money. He has not any money. Never use (no any) Subjected/does/did not have + noun I dont have any money he doesnt have any money he did not have any money Note ..Do not/ did not always come with only have never use had or has.

Interrogatives with has /have/ had Have you a book. Has he a house? Had they have time? We can also make these with do/does like Do you have a book? Does he have a big house? Verbs that show work undone that we hope for like Supposed, expect, hope, think, wish, want intend Past perfect + infinitive I had expected to find him here . I had hoped to get passed this year.

We can also use perfect infinitive to make these sentence in place of simple infinitive like I had expected to have found him here. I had hoped to have received your call. I had wished to have bought a new car. Have /had/had in the repetitive use of have, had and had: the first had is an auxiliary verb and the second is finite verb like I have had my breakfast. She had had her breakfast early in the morning. He will have had her bath by now. Had is also used to express a wish or desire like

had I been a princess. Had I seen your performance. Had he won this game? Has/have been + noun / noun with preposition When a work started in the past and have finished or not continuing in the present . She has been a good dancer. He has been my teacher. I have been to England.

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'have got' and 'have'


Both 'have got' and 'have' mean the same thing. There is no difference. 'I have got an i-phone.' = 'I have an i-phone'. 'You have got a message.' = You have a message.' 'She has got no time to sleep.' ='She has no time to sleep.'

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