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We will now learn how to use the verb have in present tense.

G Have can be used as an auxiliary verb .

Read the following example:

They have gone to the mall.

G Have can be used as a main verb also. It expresses possession when it is used as a
main verb.

Read the following example:
I have a blue shirt.

G Sometimes, we use has/have got instead of has/have .
Read the following examples:

1. We have some time. 2. She has a cat.

We have got some time She has got a cat.

The forms of have are as follows:

Positive Negative Interrogative

I have I’ve I have not I’ve no / I haven’t any have I?

we have we’ve we have not we’ve no / we haven’t any have we?
you have you’ve you have not you’ve no / you haven’t any have you?

he has he’s he has not he’s no / he hasn’t any has he?
she has she’s she has not she’s no / she hasn’t any has she?

it has it’s it has not it’s no / it hasn’t any has it?

they have they’ve they have not they’ve no / they haven’t any have they?

We can frame questions using ‘have’ in two ways:
1. Have you (got) any pen? or

Do you have any pen?

2. Has he (got) some money? or

Does he has some money?

Negative Interrogative forms are –
Have I not?, haven’t I?, have you not?, haven’t you?, don’t you have?

We will now learn the forms of Simple Present Tense .

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