Posts Tagged ‘have’

Have and have got

July 27th, 2011 in English Learning

Have is often used to talk about ideas such as possession, relationships, individual characteristics, illnesses etc.

She has two daughters.
He has a bad temper.
He has no patience.
I have a bad cold.

Verb patterns with have

July 8th, 2011 in English Grammar

In this structure have means ‘experience’. The usage is rather informal.

Have: Common expressions

November 22nd, 2010 in Improve English

The structure ‘have + object’ is often used to talk about actions and experiences. This is common in an informal style.

have and have got to

October 7th, 2010 in Improve English

The structures have to and have got to are used to talk about obligation.
The meaning is similar to must.

Sorry, I have (got) to go. (= I must go.)

Have and Have got

October 7th, 2010 in Improve English

Have got means exactly the same as have in most cases. The got-forms are more common in an informal style.

Has, have and had: formation of questions and negatives

September 4th, 2010 in Improve English

Has, have and had can be used both as auxiliaries and as principal verbs. When they are used as auxiliaries they help in the formation of present perfect and past perfect tenses.

Causative use of have

August 9th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Getting something done by somebody else is expressed by the structure have + object + past participle.