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Lyangsuan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The usage of 'have' and 'had'

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00Is the verb behind "had" a past tense or present tense?02br
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00Teenager who had finished their secondary education.02br
00Teenager who have finished their secondary education.02br
00Teenager who had finish their secondary education.02br
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00Which one is correct?0-
  

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12br 12br 10Example. 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00"have/has" is present tense: I have a headache. 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 00BUT, your question here is about compound tenses, using the helping verb + the past participle of the main verb.

— Philip

  • 12br 12br 10Example.
  • 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00"have/has" is present tense: I have a headache.
  • 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 00BUT, your question here is about compound tenses, using the helping verb + the past participle of the main verb.
  • Present perfect with 'has/have' refers to an action completed before 'now', the present.
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01cite10Lyangsuan12cite10When do we use "had" instead of "have"?12br
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0 I'm sorry, I still can't understand it.02br
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1font00Hmm let me try then.02br
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00Teenager01font00s 02font00who had finished their secondary education00. 01font00--this sentence is past perfect. It doesn't mean anything much without a context. It would be okay if you said 02font01i01font
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0 Thanks, I guess I understand what do you mean. After "had", the verb must be a past tense. Which must have "ed" behind it.0-
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0Look in the past/present perfect tense you use the V01sub003. 02sub00It doesn't have to take 01i00-ed.02i00 Just choose the third type of the verb e.g. 02br
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Hi,

I couldn't get it properly. You mean this sentence: 'I have had a headache' is not present perfect tense?S
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AnonymousHi,

I couldn't get it properly. You mean this sentence: 'I have had a headache' is not present perfect tense?S
No, it is NOT present tense.

I have a headache is present tense. I had a headache is past tense.
I have had a headache for the last hour is present perfect. I had had a headache before the concer
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Can we write He had eaten all the cake before the guests have arrived ??
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No.
Say eg He ate all the cake before the guests arrived.
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so it should be
i had just finished my final exam or i have just finished my final exam
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