Skill 34:
Use HAVE and HAD correctly.
* These two tenses have completely differents use and it is important to
understand how to differentiate them .
The following chart outlines the use of the present perfect and the
past perfect
USING (HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE) AND (HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE)
TENSE FORM MEANING USE
PRESENT PREFCT Have + Past participle Past up to now Not with a past
tense
PAST PERFECT Had + Past participle Before past up to
past Not with a present
tense
Examples: Present perfect (Have + Past participle)
-Sue has lived in Los Angeles for ten years.
Past perfect (Had + Past participle)
-Sue had lived in los Angeles ten years when she moved to San Diego