Had and been are both helping verbs. Helping verbs must help action verbs. In this sentence, had and been are helping the present participle making , which is an action verb. Because making is a present participle, it must have helping verbs to

Hi Anon: If you look in any English language reference book under verb tenses, you will find the answer to your question. "be" is a helping verb (auxilliary) for the passive voice of verbs, and "have" is the helping verb for

So for number 3, you can't say: I haven't play that game yet? That's right, you must write "played". And for present perfect tense, does it always have the word have in it? Yes. "have" is the helping verb in all

Ate is the simple past tense. Eaten is past participle, which is used with a helping verb to indicate an action already completed by some point of time in the past ( have eaten is present perfect form becasue action is completed by now, had eaten

Hi, In your example, "has" and "have" are both in the same time frame, or "tense." The mail has been sent in the recent past. This tense is called "present perfect." "Perfect" means the action is

I think your question is what does it mean when one says "I have had," or "I had had" because no one can say I had have." I have had is a present perfect of to have The present perfect is a 2 part present tense starting

Bamtori wrote: Thanks for your reply, Marius. With "last night" it is definately "had". Then how about leave out "last night" in the sentence. Which should I use, "we (have/had) some guys come in here and ransack the place."? When will this

Have and has are helping verbs that form the present perfect tense. Look at these: I have finished the report. He has called her many times to pick up the report. You have drawn a clear diagram. Had is used as a helping verb to form

Pemmican wrote: As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive

Thanks Don for your help. I have difficulty finding this ... might ? Past perfect of may 1. I had might (snip more) You can't say anything like those in English. "May" and "might" are auxilliaries (helping verbs or modals)