When to use has and had been?

Present perfect ‘have/has been ‘ is used when describing an action completed in the recent past and still assumes importance in the present. We use ‘had been’ when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past.

Were been or have been?

Let us say ‘were’ is a representative of the past tense, and ‘have been’ a representative of the present perfect tense.

Where have or has used?

While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it.

What is the difference between ‘has been’ and ‘have been’ in English?

“Has been” is used in the third-person singular and “have been” is used for first- and second-person singular and all plural uses. The present perfect tense refers to an action that began at some time in the past and is still in progress. For example, if I started studying art when I was 13 years old and I am still studying art,…

What is the past perfect tense of had been?

“Had been” is the past perfect tense and is used in all cases, singular and plural. The past perfect tense refers to something that began in the past and was still true at another time that also was in the past. So, if I began studying art when I was 13, and I got married when I was 21, and now I am 55, I could say “When I got married,…

Is it correct to say they have or has?

Here, have is the correct choice because the subject (they) is a third person plural pronoun. How do you use has? Has is the conjugation of to have that’s used when: speaking in the third person singular (he, she, and it).

What is the conjugation of to have?

Have is the conjugation of to have that’s used when: 1 speaking in the first person ( I, we) 2 speaking in the second person ( you) 3 speaking in the third person plural ( they)