The verb HAVE is a helping verb for perfect tenses

Hello Students,

This is the next lesson in a series of lessons for helping verbs.

The verb "have" is used as a helping verb when forming perfect tenses.  (This Yellow Level Lesson provides additional help if you need it.)

The verb "have" takes different forms for different perfect tenses: has, have, had, will have, have been, had been, will have been....

For example:

Present perfect tense: Use "have" or "has"  + the past participle for the main verb

Past perfect tense: Use "had" + the past participle

Future perfect tense: Use "will have" + the past participle

Present perfect continuous tense: Use "have" or "has" + been + the present participle ("ing" word)

Past perfect: Use "had" + the past participle. 

• Have you had any coffee yet? (The helping verb "have" is used with the main verb "had" to form this present perfect tense question.) 
• That had never occurred to me before.  (The helping verb "had" is used with the main verb "occur" to form the past perfect tense.)
•  She has been working all night. (There are two helping verbs in this sentence,  "has" and "been." Along with the main verb, "work," they form the present perfect continuous tense.)

I made a new YouTube video to help you understand a little bit more about how the verb "have" is used as a helping verb. It's a short video, but it might help you.

Try this exercise. Choose the correct form of the verb "have"

Directions: Use the correct form of the verb "have" to complete each sentence or question. If the verb is negative, use a contraction. 

1. He ______ worked all night.  (present perfect tense)

2. What ______ you _______ doing all day? (present perfect continuous tense) 

3. These shoes ________ dried out yet. (present perfect tense, negative) 

4. She ________ never seen such a beautiful place before. (past perfect tense)

5. By this time next year, he _______ _______ worked at the same company for 30 years. (future present tense)

6. I _______ ________ thinking about you. (present perfect continuous tense)

7. That car _________ worked since last year. (present perfect tense, negative)

8. That car _______ ________ driven since last year. (present perfect tense, negative and in the passive voice)

9. If we ________ known you were coming, we would have made something to eat. (past perfect tense)

10. You ________ been very helpful. (present perfect tense)

Answers are below.

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Answers:

1. has; 2. have...been; 3. haven't; 4. had; 5. will have; 6. have been; 7. hasn't;
 8. hasn't been; 9. had; 10. have