When do I use "has had" and "have had" in a sentence?

Answer 1

The verb tense is called Present Perfect and it refers to unfinished time or unknown time of an event. It indicates that the action began at some point in the past and has not yet reached its end, or it is not important to know exactly when the action took place.

To answer your question, "has had" is used for the third person singular ( he/she/it) while "have had" is used for all other persons (I/you/we/they).

Examples: I have had dinner.
You have had dinner.
He has had dinner.
We have had dinner.
They have had dinner.

Not the most inspired examples, but they illustrate the use.

Answer 2

With Non-Continuous Verbs and non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, we use the Present Perfect to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect.

Examples:

• I have had a cold for two weeks.
• She has been in England for six months.
• Mary has loved chocolate since she was a little girl.

Answer 3

It all depends on what the "subject" is......

Kelly "has had" a respiratory disorder for a long time now.

The construction workers "have had" to work hard at this site, because of the noisy traffic.

Answer 4

You use "has had" in a scentence such as: Bob has had so much homework this week, or She has had strep throat 3 times this month. "Have had" is referring to you or someone youre talking to directly, such as: i have had a terrible headache all day, or, You have had too many run-ins with the law.
They are past tense, and that's all.

Answer 5

In this pattern ‘had’ is used to represent past participle (third form of main verb) [In present tense, it is used after have or has. In past tense, it is used after had. Thus, in sentences with past tense, ‘had’ is used two times consecutively]. This pattern is used for verbs denoting ownership, feeling, experience, etc.

Examples:
She has had an accident. (has had = has met) [Present Perfect]
US has had good progress. (has had = has made) [Present Perfect]
He hadn’t had dinner. (had had = hadn’t taken) [Past Perfect]

More Examples:
Has had
City has had no respite from hot weather.
He has almost had an accident, broken something.
He has had a long rivalry with the leader.

Have had
A few have had mild heart attacks.
I have had sleepless nights for three weeks.
Seven divisions have had less than half the normal rains.

Had had
He had had a conversation with his family.
He had had significant contacts with the suspects.
The two men had had lunch.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I can perfectly understand all the 12 tenses particularly Present Perfect Tense which you discussed here. It is an actions which happened at an indefinite (unknown) time before now or an actions which began in the past and continue in the present. Like, He has taken his dinner or We have taken the dinner.. But, for the Past Perfect tense, I am confused. Can we say : He had dinner ....?

What is the difference between:

He has had taken dinner.. vs He had taken dinner...
I have had taken dinner.. vs I had taken dinner ....

Please help. Thank you!!

Answer 8

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When do I use "has had" and "have had" in a sentence?

Answer 9

i think we should more focus on, when to use has had rather than focusing on singular plural uses.

Question is it what situation we shoudl use this has had.

Answer 10

It is a matter of perspective. HE has had. I have had. YOU have had. It depends upon the pronoun used.