VERBONKSPlay freeHave past tense and past participlehave · had · had
The past participle (the 3rd form) of have is had and the past simple is had. The three forms are have, had, had. Not "haved"! have is an irregular verb, so it doesn't add -ed.
Have in a sentence
We had a test and the dog ate it.
| Tense | Example |
|---|---|
| Present simple | I have · she has |
| Present continuous | I am having · they are having |
| Past simple | I had · she had · they had |
| Past simple, negative | I didn't have · she didn't have |
| Past simple, question | Did you have? · Did she have? |
| Present perfect | I have had · she has had |
| Past perfect | I had had |
| Future | I will have |
Common mistakes with have
✗ I haved✓ I had✗ I didn't had✓ I didn't have✗ Did you had?✓ Did you have?✗ I have have✓ I have had
After didn't and in questions with did, use the base form. After have / has / had, use the past participle.
❓ Test yourself: 10-question quiz💸 have runs with The Paid Gang
pay · paid · paid
The Paid Gang had a dream: become good citizens and just add -ed. But they could only afford a -d. "Payed"? "Sayed"? Never. They squeeze in the cheap ending: pay → paid, say → said, make → made, have → had, hear → heard. Watch the y: in the past it turns into an i, like a bad disguise.
🔎 How to spot one: Past and participle are twins ending in -d. A y becomes an i: pay → paid.
Irregular verbs come in gangs that change the same way. Learn one and you can guess the rest of the gang:
| Base | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| lay | laid | laid |
| make | made | made |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
Questions about have
What is the past tense of have?
The past simple of "have" is "had". Example: We had a test and the dog ate it.
What is the past participle of have?
The past participle (3rd form, V3) of "have" is "had", as in "I have had".
What are the 3 forms of have?
V1 have, V2 had, V3 had.
Is have a regular or an irregular verb?
"have" is an irregular verb: the past is not "haved" but "had".
¿Cuál es el pasado y el participio de have?
"have" significa "tener". Pasado: had. Participio: had.