How do you use had better?
We use had better to refer to the present or the future, to talk about actions we think people should do or which are desirable in a specific situation. The verb form is always had, not have. We normally shorten it to ‘d better in informal situations.
Should and had better examples?
If you’re a smoker, you had better not smoke there, because smoking is illegal in NYC parks. For awesome shopping, you should check out SOHO, and of course if you want to eat amazing pizza, you should got to Lombardi’s. You had better remember to bring cash, because they don’t take credit cards there.
What is another word for have been?
What is another word for have been?
was | were |
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came to be | had been |
turned out to be | has been |
wus | wast |
wuz |
Was working or had been working?
“I was working on that soup all day! I HAVE BEEN working all day is past tense, or formal past. I WAS working the entire day is the same. I HAD BEEN working on that soup all that day, would also constitute a sufficient past tense way of interpreting the same as above, for example.
Has worked or had worked?
Simple past ‘worked’ is the natural choice, though you can also say ‘had worked’. Also, the present perfect is not just a past action before a present one: it’s one where the results of the past action continue to be relevant in the present.
Has been working had been working?
This is in the past perfect continuous tense. The latter means she had been working continuously with an advertising company for the past 5 years. The first does not necessarily mean her work with the advertising company was uninterrupted over the five years. (She joined our firm ten years ago.)
Has have had grammar rules?
Present Tense Uses of Have and Has. Both words are present tense forms of the verb to have. The past-tense form is had, and the present progressive tense (or continuous tense) is having.
Is worked correct?
“It’s worked” is grammatical if “it’s” is being used as a contraction for “it has,” not “it is.” It is correct to say, “It’s worked so far,” meaning “it has,” and this is not an uncommon contraction in spoken English.
Had worked meaning?
Meaning wise they are the same. ” I had worked in the morning.” Is a grammatical tense called the past perfect tense in English. It’s used to state a completed action in the past. ” I worked in the morning.” is just the past tense which is used to say something that has already happened.
What tense is had worked?
There are two tenses in English – past and present….Past tense.
Past simple: | I worked |
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Past perfect: | I had worked |
Past perfect continuous: | I had been working |
What verb tense is have been worked?
Navalar, ‘I have been working’ is a present perfect continuous tense and ‘I have been worked’ is a present perfect tense. The former indicates that the subject has started the work in a certain time in the past and the subject is still doing that work when he/she expresses this.