Generally, saw follows I, You, He, She, We, Ye, They Had I _ the condition of the apartment beforehand, I wouldn’t have rented it.Īnswers: 1. Has he _ his new niece since he came home?ġ0. They _ the egg-and-spoon race.ĥ. Who _ the aeroplane on the runway?Ħ. Write saw or seen in the following sentences:Ĥ. Had Lucy seen the timetable, she probably wouldn’t have missed the test.(Re-arrangement of If Lucy had seen the timetable …).Has he seen the plan? ( he & seen together).Have you seen the newspaper? ( you & seen next to each other).The rule changes – and note that saw changes to seen in the process – when a question is asked or when a CONJUNCTION is omitted from a sentence which results in the re-arrangement of the NOUN / PRONOUN and the two parts of the COMPOUND VERB. Saw usually comes immediately after the NOUN or PRONOUN.ĮXAMPLE: Tim saw the girl and I saw the boy. We’ ve seen the ship sail up the river.I’ ve seen my cousin at the stadium on many occasions.She had seen the snowman before it melted.Rachel had seen the snowman before it melted.( has & seen prop each other up to form a COMPOUND VERB ) It needs another VERB to prop it up to form a COMPOUND VERB. The children seenthat film last Christmas.
The children sawthat film last Christmas.It doesn’t need another VERB to prop it up. USAGE: saw : This word is a stand-alone VERB. Generally, seenis used alongside have, has, had, was or were in a sentence to make COMPOUND VERBS. The English word seen is the past participle of the word see and generally used to make a compound verb with words like had, have, has, was or were. Seen is the PAST PARTICIPLE of the VERB see. Saw is the PAST TENSE of the verb see, and usually comes immediately after NOUNS and PRONOUNS. There is a tendency to say I seen it instead of I saw it.
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