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    This document discusses the use of the verb "have" in the present and past tense. It provides examples of how to conjugate "have" for the present and past tense in the first, second, third person singular and plural. It also covers forming questions, negatives, and using "have" as an auxiliary verb to form the present perfect tense.

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    have - present and past

    Examples:

    Present Tense Past Tense


    I have We have I had We had
    You have You have You had You had
    He has He had
    She has They have She had They had
    It has It had
    I have a garden in my
    backyard. (present tense)

    I had a garden in my
    backyard last year,
    too. (past tense)

    You have some


    schoolwork to do.

    You also had some work to


    do yesterday.

    He has a beehive full of


    bees.

    He had a beehive when he


    was a child.

    Do you have any interest in


    bees?

    She has a fear of spiders.

    Do you have a fear of


    anything?
    They have fun playing in
    the water.

    They had a good time in


    the pool last week, too.

    Questions

    Present Tense Past Tense


    Do I have... Do we have... Did I have... Did we have...
    Do you have... Do you have... Did you have... Did you have...
    Does he have... Did he have...
    Does she have... Do they have... Did she have... Did they have...
    Does it have... Did it have...

    Negatives

    Present Tense - Negative Past Tense - Negative

    do / does + not + main verb did + not + main verb


    I don't have We don't have I didn't have We didn't have
    You don't have You don't have You didn't have You didn't have
    He doesn't have He didn't have
    She doesn't have They don't have She didn't have They didn't have
    It doesn't It didn't have

    It's important to understand in the examples above that

    the main verb is in the simple form: have

    Be careful when answering questions that include the verb "have."

    Below are examples of how to make the present tense and

    the past tense negative with verbs other than "have."

    simple past
    have had
    eat ate
    see saw
    be was / were

    Today I don't have any work to do. (present tense)

    Yesterday I didn't have any work to do. (past tense)

    I usually don't eat a big breakfast. (present tense)

    Yesterday I didn't eat a big breakfast. (past tense)

    I don't see movies very often. (present tense)

    I didn't see that movie yet. (past tense)

    The verb "have" is also used as an auxiliary verb


    (or you can call it a "helping verb") when
    making the present perfect tense.

    To make the present perfect:

    has or have + the past participle

    You will learn more about this in Lesson Three.

    He has
    finished his
    beer.

    There isn't
    any beer left
    in the glass.

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