Have and has

● Have and has are different forms of the verb to have. Even though
they come from the same word, there are slight differences in the
way they’re used.

● While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary
meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and
has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events
that are currently happening).

● Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is
used with he, she, and it.

How do you use “have”?

Have is used with:

1. speaking in the first person (I, we)

2. speaking in the second person (you)
3. speaking in the third person plural (they).

Take, for example, the following sentence: “They have two dogs.” Here, have
is the correct choice because the subject (they) is a third person plural
pronoun.

How to use “has” ?

Has is used when:
● speaking in the third person singular (he, she, and it).

This example shows “has” used with a third person singular pronoun
(he): “He has a slender nose, a narrow mouth, and tight blond
curls.”

Remember!
● As noted, this use of have and has only really applies when you’re
speaking in the present tense.
Negative forms of have and has:
•. In English, don't is used when speaking in the first and second person plural
and singular and the third person plural ("I," "you," "we," and "they"). It can
be used to make a negative statement:

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1. We don't have seafood.

2. You don't have this.
3. I don't have a home.

•. Doesn't, on the other hand, is used when speaking in the third person
singular only ("he," "she," and "it"). Like don't, doesn't is used to make
negative statements:
1. He doesn't have brown hair.
2. She doesn't have blond hair.
3. It doesn't have a tail!

● Both “don't” and “doesn't” are contractions.

● Don't is a contraction of do+not, while doesn't is a contraction of
does+not, and they both act as auxiliary verbs.

Questions

To make a question of “have” we normally use Do or Does. It is

normally put at the beginning of the question (before the subject).

Affirmative: You have a pencil .

Question: Do you have a pencil?

● You will see that we add DO at the beginning of the affirmative

sentence to make it a question. We use Do when the subject is I,
you, we or they.

● When the subject is he, she or it, we add DOES at the beginning
to make the affirmative sentence a question.
Affirmative: He has a pencil .
Question: Does he have a pencil?

Remember!
● We DON'T use Do or Does in questions that have the verb To Be
or Modal Verbs (can, must, might, should etc.)

Short Answers with Do and Does

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In questions that use do/does it is possible to give short answers to
direct questions as follows: