skill 34- Use Have and Had correctly

skill 34- Use Have and Had correctly
Two sentences are often confused are the present perfect (have+Past Participle) and the past perfect (Had+P.P.). These two tenses have different uses and you should understand how to differentiate them.

• The present perfect (have+Past Participle) refers to period of time from past until present

Hatem has lived in Amman for ten years.
this sentence mains that Hatem still living in Amman

• The past (have+Past Participle) refers to period of time that starts in the past and ended in the past before something else happened in the past.

Hatem had lived in Abu Nsair ten years when she moved to Marj Al Hamam