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English grammar

have and has

A0 · Starter Verbs and time Questions 10

The rule

have says what belongs to you and what is wrong with you: I have two children, I have a headache, I have an appointment. It has only two forms: has after he, she and it, and have everywhere else.

Pattern

I/you/we/they have · he/she/it has | Do you have…?

Examples

  1. I have two children.

  2. She has a fever.

  3. Do you have any milk?

  4. I have an appointment at two.

Common mistakes

  • Wrong: She have a fever.

    Right: She has a fever.

    he, she and it change have to has.

  • Wrong: I have twenty-eight years.

    Right: I am twenty-eight years old.

    English gives an age with be, not have.

Practice questions

Try each one yourself first, then open “Show answer” for the solution and the reason.

  1. 1Choose the correct sentence.

    1. I has a question.
    2. I haves a question.
    3. I am a question.
    4. I have a question.
    Show answer

    Answer: D I have a question.

    I → have.

  2. 2Choose the correct sentence.

    1. He has a new job.
    2. He haves a new job.
    3. He is a new job.
    4. He have a new job.
    Show answer

    Answer: A He has a new job.

    he → has.

  3. 3Choose the correct sentence.

    You are asking a shop assistant.

    1. You have this in size forty?
    2. Do you have this in size forty?
    3. Have you this in size forty?
    4. Do you has this in size forty?
    Show answer

    Answer: B Do you have this in size forty?

    A question about have uses do, and have stays unchanged.

  4. 4Fill in the gap.

    My daughter _____ a sore throat.

    1. has
    2. are
    3. is
    4. have
    Show answer

    Answer: A My daughter has a sore throat.

    One person, not I or you → has.

  5. 5Fill in the gap.

    We _____ an appointment at the town hall.

    1. are
    2. have
    3. is
    4. has
    Show answer

    Answer: B We have an appointment at the town hall.

    we → have.

  6. 6Fill in the gap.

    _____ you have a receipt?

    1. Are
    2. Do
    3. Does
    4. Have
    Show answer

    Answer: B Do you have a receipt?

    The question word for have is do.

  7. 7Fill in the gap.

    He _____ a bad headache.

    1. is
    2. am
    3. has
    4. have
    Show answer

    Answer: C He has a bad headache.

    An illness is said with have in English.

  8. 8Put the words in the right order.

    I have a problem with my key

    Show answer

    Answer: I have a problem with my key.

    Subject, have, then what you have.

  9. 9Put the words in the right order.

    Do you have children

    Show answer

    Answer: Do you have children?

    Do, subject, have — in that order.

  10. 10This sentence is wrong. Choose the fix.

    Which sentence is wrong?

    1. I am six years old.
    2. He is six years old.
    3. I have six years.
    4. My son is six.
    Show answer

    Answer: C I have six years.

    Age takes be in English.

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