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Verb To Have

The verb "to have" has several uses and forms in English. It can function as a main verb to indicate possession or as an auxiliary verb to form tenses like the present perfect. As a main verb, "to have" implies possession or ownership, as in "I have a car." It takes different forms like "have" and "has" for present tense and "had" for past tense. As an auxiliary verb, it is used with a past participle to form tenses like "I have studied" or "I have never been." It can also function as a modal verb when used with "to" or "got to" as in "I have to leave" or "I've got to

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Verb To Have

The verb "to have" has several uses and forms in English. It can function as a main verb to indicate possession or as an auxiliary verb to form tenses like the present perfect. As a main verb, "to have" implies possession or ownership, as in "I have a car." It takes different forms like "have" and "has" for present tense and "had" for past tense. As an auxiliary verb, it is used with a past participle to form tenses like "I have studied" or "I have never been." It can also function as a modal verb when used with "to" or "got to" as in "I have to leave" or "I've got to

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Verbs - To Have

The Verb To Have


Forms of To Have
Present Past Continuous
I / you / we / they have had having
he / she / it has had having
Have is one of the most common verbs in the English language. It functions in various ways.
To have as a main verb
The verb “to have” implies the meaning of possession.
For example: “I have a job.” “I have a car.“ "I don't have any time."
In this form it does not take the continuous form (for that you have to use the auxiliary verb be).
For example: “I am having a shower.” “Are you having a good time?"
The forms of the verb “to have” are have and has for the present and had for the past.
Question Positive Statement (spoken) Negative Statement (spoken)
Singular
Have I? I have (I've) I have not (I haven't/I've not)
Has he/she/it? He/she/it has (He/she/it 's) He/she/it has not (He/she/it hasn't)
Have you? You have (You've) You have not (You haven't/You've not)
Had I / he / she / it / I / He / She / It / You had (I'd / I / He / She / It / You had not (I / He / She / It /
you? He'd / She'd / You'd) You hadn't)
Plural
Have we / you / We / You / They have not (We / You / They
We / You / They have (We've)
they? haven't // We've / You've not)
Have you? You have (You've) You have not (You haven't/You've not)
Have they? They have (They've) They have not (They haven't/They've not)
Had I / he / she / it / I / He / She / It / You had (I'd / I / He / She / It / You had not (I / He / She / It /
you? He'd / She'd / You'd) You hadn't)
Have is often used to indicate possession (I have) or (I have got).
Examples
Have Have got
Question - ? "Do you have a car?" or "Have you a car?" "Have you got a car?"
Positive Answer - Yes "Yes I have a car." "Yes I've got a car."
Negative Answer - No "No I don't have a car." "No I haven't got a car."

To have as an auxiliary verb


The verb “to have ” is used as an auxiliary verb to help other verbs create the perfect tense - auxiliary verb
have [+ past participle].
For example, “I have studied English for five years;” or “I have never been to America.” "I have eaten."

Present Perfect

I have You have He / She has It has been We have been They have
been a been a been a nice. students. been
teacher. student. student. students.

Past Perfect

I had
You had They had
been a He / She had
been a It had been We had been been
teacher been a
student for nice for students for students for
for student for
several several hours. several years. several
several several years.
years. years.
years.

Future Perfect

I will
have You will They will
He / She will We will have
been a have been It will have have been
have been a been students
teacher a student been nice for students for
student for for several
for for several several years. several
several years. years.
several years. years.
years.

Question Positive Statement Negative Statement (possible short forms)


Singular
You have been ...(You've You have not been ... (You haven't been ... // You've
Have you been ...?
been ...) not been ...)
Plural
We / You / They have been ...
Have we / you / We / You / They have not been ... (We / You / They
(We've / You've They've
they been ...? haven't been ... // We've / You've They've not been ...)
been ...)
For example:
Question - ? "Have you washed your face today?"
Positive Answer - Yes " Yes, I have."
Negative Answer - No " No, I haven't."
Question - ? "Have you ever had a heart attack?"
Positive Answer - Yes " Yes, I'm afraid I have."
Negative Answer - No " No, thank goodness, I haven't."

The use of have to


In addition to the two forms, there is another use for have as a modal verb; have to or have got to. This, of
course, must be followed by another verb "We have to do something".
Have to Have got to
Question - ? "Do you have to leave early?" "Have you got to leave early?"
Positive Answer - Yes "Yes I have to." or "Yes I do" "Yes I've got to."
Negative Answer - No "No I don't have to." "No I haven't got to."

1. My sisters all _________ boyfriends. has


have
has 3. My brother ________ a great job.
has
2. The teacher ________ a yellow shirt. have
have
4. Does he ________ a dog? have
has
have 8. Yes, my friend ________ a sister.
have
has
5. They don't ________ a lot of money.
have 9. My neighbor ________ a mailbox.
has doesn't have
don't have
6. My cousin and his wife ________ three children.
has 10. They ________ time to play with us.
have doesn't have
don't have
7. Does your friend ________ a sister?
has

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