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“Malta has<\/strong> colourful fishing boats.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The fishermen have<\/strong> traditional boats.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some points to remember when using ‘have’ and ‘has’.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s start with the basics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They can both be used to show possession and are important in making the ‘perfect tenses’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Had’ is the past tense of both ‘has’ and ‘have’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Have is used with some pronouns and plural nouns: <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I have a great English teacher.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘You have toothpaste on your chin.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘We have a meeting at 12.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Nurses have a difficult job.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n Has is used with the third person singular. For example: <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘She has a great personality.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘He has a new haircut.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘The washing machine has a leak in it’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘It has a hole near the door.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have = I’ve <\/p>\n\n\n\n you have = you’ve <\/p>\n\n\n\n we have = we’ve <\/p>\n\n\n\n they have = They’ve <\/p>\n\n\n\n he has = he’s <\/p>\n\n\n\n it has = it’s <\/p>\n\n\n\n has not = hasn’t <\/p>\n\n\n\n have not = haven’t <\/p>\n\n\n\n had not = hadn’t <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Have you been to Australia?’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Has Andrew left yet?’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Who has my pen?’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Has anyone seen my mobile phone?’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n Both ‘have got’ and ‘have’ mean the same thing. There is no difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I have got an i-phone.’ = ‘I have an i-phone’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘You have got a message.’ = You have a message.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘She has got no time to sleep.’ =’She has no time to sleep.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘have’ and ‘has’ verb tenses <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘have\/has” is an important verb in making the ‘perfect tense’: <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘She has lived here for a long time.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘We have seen this TV show before.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I have cut my finger.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I had already decided not to go before he asked me.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘They had finished the race before it started raining.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘She had already left when he arrived’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘have to’ is used to mean that something is necessary. It is used in the following way in affirmative sentences: <\/p>\n\n\n\n subject + modal (have to \/ has to) + verb <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I have to wash my car today.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘He has to write a report.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I had to go to the bank yesterday.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n In negatives to show that something is not necessary we follow this rule: <\/p>\n\n\n\n subject + doesn’t have to + verb <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘We don’t have to work tomorrow.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘She doesn’t have to wear a uniform to school’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘I didn’t have to make my bed when I was young’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Malta has colourful fishing boats.” “The fishermen have traditional boats.” Here are some points to remember when using ‘have’ and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12391,"parent":0,"template":"","free_lesson_category":[281,291],"class_list":["post-24233","free_lesson","type-free_lesson","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","free_lesson_category-grammar","free_lesson_category-verb-tenses"],"acf":{"related_posts":""},"yoast_head":"\nhave <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
has <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
contractions <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
negative contractions <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
‘have’ and ‘has’ in questions <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
‘have got’ and ‘have’ <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Present Perfect <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Past Perfect <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
modal verbs: ‘have to’ <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
‘have to’ in negative sentences <\/h3>\n\n\n\n