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