Use of Had

Introduction

English is a very wide language that is spoken in the whole world. We must have to learn English to compete with the world. In our previous articles, we discussed different Helping Verbs used in English Grammar just like is/am/are, was/were, have/has. Today we are going to discuss the use of ‘Had’ in English (the Past Participle of has/have).

 

Use of Had

This Auxiliary Verb is used to show the Possession of something to someone in the Past, means the Subject was having something. Past Participle have/has is said to be ‘Had’. There is difference of tense between use of Has Have and Had. It is compulsory to know when to use Have and Had. The ‘Have/Has’ is used in the Present and the ‘Had’ is used in the Past.

There are different uses of ‘Had’. If we are using this Helping Verb with the Main Verb, it changes the meaning and the Structure of the Sentence (We will discuss this later on).

Remember

This Helping Verb is not a variable; there is no need to worry when to use ‘Had’; it is used as the same with all the Subjects, either singular or plural.

Formula:              Subject + Had + Object

Example of Had

SUBJECT	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE + NEGATIVE
I	I had a luxury car.	I had a not luxury car.	Had I a luxury car?	Had I not a Luxury car?
We	We had four books.	We had not four books.	Had we four books?	Had we not four books?
You	You had your own house.	You had not your own house.	Had you your own house?	Had you not your own house
They	They had some packets.	They had not some packets.	Had they some Packets?	Had they not some Packets?
He	He had a dog in his house.	He had not a dog in his house.	Had he a dog in his house?	Had he not a dog in his house?
She	She had a necklace.	She had not a necklace.	Had she a necklace?	Had she not a necklace?
It	It had twenty parts.	It had not twenty parts.	Had it twenty parts?	Had it not twenty parts?
Name	Harry had his own bike.	Harry had not his own bike.	Had Harry his own bike?	Had Harry not his own bike?

Summary

We use had to show Possession of something to someone in the Past. It means that someone had something. The Helping Verb ‘Had’ is used as the same with all the Subjects.

I:              I had fever last night.

You:        You had not appetite before.

We:        We had a beautiful Garden.

They:      They had a punctured bicycle.

He:         He had some tomatoes in his bag.

She:       She had a nice watch.

It:            It had four holes.

Name:    Alia had a nice cat.

From the Author

It was something about how to use ‘Had’ in our English Sentences. There are different ways to express different situations in English Basic Grammar; we will discuss them one by one with the passing time. To get more stay with us…