First … Or another example- Tim had a hard time living in Tokyo. She has a problem with her family. I had no idea that there were others with the same confusion of the usage of has, had and have. I had to consult a doctor. It is simple enough with the present tense, have, but the other two always confused me. He wasn't used to so many people. We had to carry our own luggage. Used to. Mr. Finney had a turnip, And it grew, and it grew; It … By the time he had attached a handle to this sword he was having much trouble to breathe, as the charm of the Sorcerer was beginning to take effect. Used to refers to something familiar or routine, as in "I'm used to getting up early for work," or to say that something repeatedly happened in the past like "we used to go out more. She had a problem with her family. Had to is used to talk about necessity and obligation that existed in the past. We had had some trouble with our washing machine, so we called a repairman. 2. Had to. We use had had in the past perfect when the main verb is also “have”: Last weekend I just wanted to relax because I had had a busy week. You simply had to make better use of what was left. The expression used to is used to talk about past habits. Use to + verb is a regular verb and means something that happened but doesn't happen any more. 3. 4. To do so, we’ll use past perfect tense, which uses “had” plus the past participle, as in “had had” and “had gone.” So in the sentence “I had had too many chocolates, so I was too full to eat dinner yesterday,” two things happened in the past. It might mean that she is not getting along quite well with her family. Correct. 3. There's no special magic with "had had", they don't really go together as a pair anymore than "had wanted" go together.So don't worry so much about how to use "had had" as a unit of grammar, they will come together naturally when you want to express the verb 'to have' in the past perfect.Let's consider a different verb for a moment like "to want". 3. So from then on, manufacturers had to pay real cash. The pronoun 'she' is third person singular. use "had-to " in a sentence We have had to lay off a significant portion of our employees due to the downturn in the economy. Being that the English was my second language, I have not learned it properly, always struggling which better to use in writing and speaking. Knowing the effective use of “have/has had” is good knowledge to have in order to talk about an event from the past and connect it to the here and now.Also, this is a technique describing an event that has not necessarily been completed. He had to give up the trip for lack of money. She woke up screaming because she had had a bad dream. Correct. Present Perfect Tense vs. Past Perfect in English Grammar with Examples Using “Have Had” in a Sentence. 4. At last the enemy had to accept defeat. We had to go to bed at 8 o’clock when we were kids. She had to reappear for the test. Had to is the past tense form of have to. I believe this is the American way of say 'she has had a problem with her family'. The firemen had to bust the door down to get to those trapped in the basement. Use 'has' for third person singulars. Used as a verb. What to Know. "Use to typically occurs with did; "did you use to work there? It uses -ed to show past tense. When expressing a personal opinion about probability (deduction), we mostly use must to express that we feel something is true: He must be fit if he can run 10 kilometres. The director told me he had had a meeting with the president. Incorrect. 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