Have verb | When to Use Have, Has and Had

Have Verb

The word Have has more than one meaning, one is to possess something, which we are going to discuss.

Okay, let's go...

So, how many types of Have verbs are in English grammar...???

Have verbs are of three kinds - 

i) have, ii) has and iii) had. These verbs are used according to subjects they follow and the tense of the sentence they are in.

i) Where to use Have:-

Have comes after-

a) any subject except third person singular subject.

Like,

I have a cat. 

you have a car. 

we have.

they have.

[Here, the subjects I, we, you, they are not third person singular number. So, they are followed by the verb have]

Negative-

In the case of a negative sentence, we have to use a do not or don't before have.

For example, if want to make 

I have a cat a negative sentence, we have to say I don't have a cat.

Similarly, we can say-

you don't have a car. 

we do not  have...

they do not have...

Etc.

I think it is clear upto here. So, let's move to the next one...

ii) Where to use Has:-

Has comes after the subject which is third person singular number.

Like,

He has a toy.

she has long hair.

Steve has two motorbikes.

Ratul has a brother.

Rahul’s brother has a puppy.

[Here, the subjects He, she, Steve, Ratul, Rahul's brother are to third person singular number. So, they are followed by the verb have.

 But, for the negative sentences we use does not or doesn't before has have 

[ but in this case  the has becomes have, because have is the main form and it remains unchanged when the helping verb does is in the same sentence.] 

Take a look at these examples -

Affirmative Examples	Negative Examples
He has a toy	He does not have a toy
She has long hair	She does not have a long hair.
Steve has two motorbikes.	Steve does not have two motorbikes.
Ratul has a brother.	Ratul does not have a brother.
Rahul’s brother has a puppy.	Rahul's brother does not have a puppy.
Bimal has mobiles.	Bimal does not have mobiles.

iii) Where to use Had:-

Had is the past form of both have and has. We can use had after any type of subject.

Like,

I had a dictionary.

We had.

You had.

He/she had pencils. 

They had.

Tomal had.

Etc.

To make a negative sentence, a did not or didn't is put before have.
Examples:

Affirmative Examples	Negative Examples
He had a toy	He did not have a toy
She had long hair	She did not have a long hair.
Steve had two motorbikes.	Steve did not have two motorbikes.
Ratul had a brother.	Ratul did not have a brother.
Rahul’s brother had a puppy.	Rahul's brother did not have a puppy.
Bimal had mobiles.	Bimal did not have mobiles.

::Exercises::

1) Abdul ______ (have/has) a cycle.
2) Yesteray we______ (have/has/had) home tasks.
3) The girl ______  (have/has) many frocks.
4) You ______ (have/has) a beautiful garden.
5) Joy and bijoy ______ (have/has) a sister.
6) She or her brother ______ (have/has) many toys.

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