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Olga
Please help with the verb form –
My aunt and her husband (have) a child recently, so they decided to move to a bigger house.
is it HAVE HAD or HAD ? And why?
Jan 25, 2026 9:07 AM
Answers · 6
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Both are acceptable but I would use "had". The reason is that the action of the child being born is in the past. "They had a child recently" (recently is the indicator of time).
Jan 26, 2026 1:01 AM
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The correct answer is 'had'.
Jan 25, 2026 11:58 AM
1
You can use both
Jan 25, 2026 10:58 AM
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