Yes.Could I use HAVE instead of HAD?
You can, if the situation reported has not changed.WhyIcan't I use Present Perfect instead of Past Perfect in that sentence?
Always put the sentence you’re asking about in the main body of your post.Harry said that he hadn’t passed the exams yet.
Could I use HAVE instead of HAD? Those words don’t appear in your sentence, but you could use 'hasn't' instead of 'hadn't'.
Don't capitalise the names of tenses.Why I can't use the present perfect instead of the past perfect in that sentence? You can—for the reason given by 5jj.
I know that I haven't given any context but in my book (English File 4th edition) I haven't context too. If I had context I won't write this topic there are.@juto You haven't given any context for the sentence. Thus it's impossible to say if it's the appropriate sentence. We can only say that it's grammatical. (It is.)
With "he", you could use "hasn't", not 'haven't".I know that I haven't given any context but in my book (English File 4th edition) Ihaven't context toodo not have the context. If I had the context, Iwon't write this topic there areI would have provided it.
Thanks for all the answers.
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