Main Verbs – ‘has’ and ‘have’

'Has' and 'have' show what one owns.


We use 'has' with a singular pronoun or noun.

Examples:

She has

It has

John has

Amy has

Mr. Ronnie has

The man has

The girl has

The monkey has

My mother has


He has a new bicycle.

She has a doll.

Mrs. Brown has a toaster.

The boy has a toy robot.

My father has a laptop.

The cat has a long tail.




We use 'have' with a plural pronoun or noun.

Examples:

They have

We have

The boys have

The girls have

The workers have

John and Mary have

My cars have

All the students have

The lions have

* You have

* I have

* Note: The pronouns ‘you’ and ‘I’ are singular, but they are used with ‘have’. These are exceptional cases.

They have a van.

We have two horses.

You have a football.

The girls have many dolls.

The monkeys have short hair.

The peacocks have beautiful tail feathers.


Exercises

Fill in the blanks with ‘has’ or ‘have’.

1. She ____________ long hair.

2. We ____________ a big house.

3. Mr. Robinson ____________ three cars.

4. The giraffe ____________ a long neck.

5. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson ____________ three kids.

6. My grandparents ____________ an old scooter.

7. The boy ____________ ten marbles.

8. Your uncle ____________ a rare cat.

9. The dogs ____________ some bones to eat.

10. I ____________ five stamp albums.

11. Winnie and Nacy ____________ many books to read.

12. Johnson ____________ two uncles.

13. You ____________ three watches.

14. An elephant ____________ a trunk.

15. Candy ____________ a piano at home.


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