Lesson Two

 Lesson Two

Have - Present and Past Tense

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 Examples:   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 this 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 do / does + not + main verb Past Tense - Negative 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. You can make any verb negative in the present and past tense with this method--but not the verb "be." Below are examples of how to make the present and 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.