Use of had with example

When should you use “have” or “had”?

When to use had and have

When is it correct to use have, has, or had? Phrased differently, what’s the past tense of have? Let’s go ahead and have a look at the answers.

What does “have” mean?

To define the word, when you have something, this means you “own, hold or possess something”.

For example, in a sentence we might say, “he had a new car and a boat.“

‍When to use have, has, and had

Compare how the verb ‘have’ appears in the following sentences:

1. I don’t have that much money on me.

1. She has a long way to go before she graduates.

1. We had dinner early.

Sentence 1 is in the first-person present singular, sentence 2 is in the third-person present singular, and 3 is the simple past tense.

In other words, use ‘has‘ for all third-person subjects in the present tense, ‘have‘ for the first-person, second-person and third-person present plural, and ‘had̵

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