I have had..

[smelvanzq]

Teachers pls help..

When is "have had" used?
I have a pencil.
I have had a pencil.
more examples pls.. tnx in advance

[tom3m]

NOT A TEACHER

I have a pencil. - present simple

I have had a pencil. - present perfect simple (though the example sentence seems quite strange to me - I cannot think of a situation I would use it, but that might be just my problem)

Other examples:
1)
I have had this picture for 2 years.

I have this picture, because I like the yellowish background.

2)
I have just had a shower.

I have a shower every morning.

Try to study the differences between the present simple and present perfect simple.

[Odessa Dawn]

***NOT A TEACHER***

When is "have had" used?
I have had a pencil.

Present Perfect Tense in which we connect present with (recent) past.

[emsr2d2]

Teachers pls please help.

When is "have had" used?
I have a pencil.
I have had a pencil.

More examples pls please. tnx Thanks in advance.

Please follow the correct forms of written English on the forum:

- Do not use textspeak, use full English words (ie do not use "pls", "thx" etc).
- Capitalise the first letter of every new sentence.
- One full stop at the end of a sentence is enough.

[smelvanzq]

I'm sorry teacher. Thank you for the corrections.

[smelvanzq]

Thank you Odessa, Tom, Ems, Sir/Madam.