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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Have Ran/Have Run

The sentence is a question,

Have you ran a race recently?
or
Have you run a race recently?

which is correct?
and why?
would it be different if 'recently' was replaced with 'in the last week'? or replaced by 'last year'
  

Top answer

Simple past question: Did you run a race last year? Yes, I ran a race last year. Present perfect question: Have you run a race recently/in the last week?

  • Simple past question: Did you run a race last year?
  • Yes, I ran a race last year.
  • Present perfect question: Have you run a race recently/in the last week?
  • [ This is formed with has/have and the past participle of the main verb.
  • ]
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Simple past question: Did you run a race last year? Yes, I ran a race last year.
Present perfect question: Have you run a race recently/in the last week? [ This is formed with has/have and the past participle of the main verb. ]
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The sentence is a question,

Have you ran a race recently? No. You need the past participle 'run' for Present Perfect.
or
Have you run a race recently? OK, this is correct Present Perfect tense.

which is correct?
and why?
would it be different if 'recently' was replaced with 'in the last week'?

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