I. Language
The Verb TO HAVE in the Indefinite Tenses
| Affirmative ( ) | Interrogative () | Negative () | |
     Present
| I have he she has it you we have they | Have I ? He Has she ? it you Have we ? they | I have not (havent) he she has not (hasnt) it you we have not they (havent) |
   Past
| I he she it had you we they | I he she Had it ? you we they | I he she it had not you (hadnt) we they |
   Future
| I, we shall have he she it will have you they | Shall I, we have. ? he she Will it have ? you they | I, we shall not have he she it will not have you (wont) have they |
Illustrative Examples
I have a book.
Have you a book? Yes, I have. No, I have not.
I have no book.
I havent any book.
I have got a journal.
Have you got a journal? Yes, I have got. No, I have not got.
I have not got a journal.
He has many dictionaries.
How many dictionaries has he?
We had many classes yesterday.
Had you English or Spanish classes yesterday?/ Did you have English or Spanish classes yesterday?
We had English classes yesterday.
Who had many classes yesterday? We had.
You had an English class yesterday, hadnt you?/ You had an English class yesterday, didnt you?
Yes, I had. No I had not. No, I hadnt./ Yes I did.
They will have a meeting at the library tomorrow.
Will they have a meeting tomorrow?
Yes, they will have. No, they will not (wont) have.
When will they have a meeting?
Where will they have a meeting?
Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past and the Future.
Model:
| They have many good books. They had many good books. They will have many good books. |
1. I have a large family.
2. He has many friends.
3. She has an elder sister.
4. They have a language laboratory.
5. We have an interesting work.
6. Have you a flat?
7. I have no bad marks.
8. We have no problems.
9. I have got many classes every day.
10. She has got a new dress.
Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with have, has, had, shall have, will have.
1. Jane many friends.
2. you a family?
3. I good TV set last year.
4. We no time to wait for him.
5. The dog got four legs.
6. She an English exam next year.
7. They a friend in England.
8. What classes you yesterday?
9. She no brother.
10. I got a lecture at 11 oclock.
Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.
1. Have you got an English magazine at home?
2. Had your father a flat in Kyiv?/ Did your father have a flat in Kyiv?
3. How many books have you?
4. Have you a brother or a sister?
5. You had a vocation last summer, hadnt you?
6. What profession will you have in future?
7. Who has no brother?
8. What flat have you got?
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9. Will you have a car?
10. Have you a girl friend or a boy friend?
Exercise 4. Ask your friend all possible questions to the following sentences.
Model:
| We have a language laboratory at the University. Have you a language laboratory at the University?/ Have you got a language laboratory at the University? What have you at the university? / What have you got at the university? Where have you a language laboratory? / Where have you got a language laboratory? Who has a language laboratory? Have you a language laboratory or a TV center at the University? You have a language laboratory at the University, havent you? |
Use the table. Form interrogative sentences in the Past with did.
| We have two English classes in the language laboratory every week | ||||||
| Have | we | got | two English classes | in the language laboratory | every week | |
| What | have | we | got | in the language laboratory | every week | |
| Where | have | we | got | two English classes | every week | |
| Who | has | got | two English classes | in the language laboratory | every week | |
| How often | have | we | got | two English classes | in the language laboratory | |
| How many English classes | have | we | got | in the language laboratory | every week | |
| What classes | have | we | got | in the language laboratory | every week |
1. Peter has a tape recorder at home.
2. The students will have a meeting tomorrow.
3. I had much time to do this work yesterday.
4. They have two children.
5. The desk has two pairs of headphones.
6. We had an English class in the laboratory last week.
7. She has relatives in Kyiv.
