really have a problem figuring out rules for using "have, has, had" i went through grammar books, the explanation is too lengthy and I could not understand.. could someone help me please / guide me to a very simple rules..

thanks

Unique73 wrote:

really have a problem figuring out rules for using "have, has, had" i went through grammar books, the explanation is too lengthy and I could not understand.. could someone help me please / guide me to a very simple rules.. thanks

Could you please write some sentences, and, starting from them, we might be able to explain what you don't understand?

Can any one explain difference between had and did . where can we use HAD and DID.

I had dinner:  I think this meaning is I ate dinner .

I did dinner : I think this meaning is I prepared dinner.

other than these where can we use did and had ...

Thanks in advace,

ASREDDY

Unique, it seems you are confused with tenses there. Try this guide.

I attended the meeting this morning --> Past Simple

I have attended the meeting --> Present Perfect

I had attended the meeting by the time he came --> Past Perfect

Jenny has [you cannot use "have" here] been working with us for the past six years --> Present Perfect Continuous

Jenny had been working with us for six years when I retired --> Past Perfect Continuous

I have prepared the letter to Mr. John today --> again Present Perfect

I had prepared the letter to Mr. John when he asked me to give him it --> again Past Perfect

Our organization has been a leader of the industry --> again Present Perfect

Our organization had been a leader of the industry by that time --> again Past Perfect

Hope that helps.

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i had dinner.  correct!

i ate dinner. also correct.

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in formal english, "i had dinner" dosen't mean "i ate dinner", but you can say "i ate some meal" or "i ate some meal during the dinner." I think you are confusing the word 'meal' with 'food' in your example. I ate some food. I ate some food during dinner.

I had dinner does mean that you have eaten dinner.

Examples I had/ate dinner at my mother's house. I had/ate dinner before I came here. I had/ate dinner late last night. Had is the better choice though.