How to Use Have in a Sentence

‘Have’ is used with ‘I’,’ we’, ‘you’ and ‘they’ or plural nouns in the present. Let’s see how to use ‘have’ in a sentence.

We can use ‘have’ to explain about-

• possession of something in present
• physical feeling
• relationships
• the action to do in the present
• action completed in the present

Use of ‘have’ to explain possession

In this lesson, we will explain how to use ‘have’ to explain the possession of something in the present.

Formation of a sentence using ‘have’

In these sentences, ‘have’ is used as the main verb.

We shall see how to form a sentence to explain the possession of something.

The formation of this sentence is as follows;

• Subject (I/we/you/they) + have + other words.

Examples:

Let’s see how to use ‘have’ in the sentences to explain possession with some examples.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. I have a book with pictures.
2. We have six notebooks in our cupboard.
3. You have a new calendar on the wall.
4. They have a CPU with graphic card.
5. I have too much homework.
6. We have a shoe rack with a blue cover.
7. You have an artistic view point.
8. I have a sister two years younger than me. (relationship)
9. I have a green skirt with white patches.
10. You have a blue shirt with a polo collar.
11. They have five files of card paper.
12. I have a headache since morning. (physical feeling)
13. You have backache due to overriding bicycle.
14. We have our own cricket kit.
15. They have a water tank in their house.
16. I have a meeting at 2 pm today.
17. We have two-bedroom flat in that building.
18. You have iPhone to use for shooting that event.
19. They have a white car.
20. Nurses have difficult job.
21. Teachers have vacation for one month.
22. Those boys have blue dresses.
23. Birds have wings.
24. Animals have tails.
25. Squirrels have bushy tails.
26. I have a new black jersey.
27. You have a new haircut today.
28. They have a football match next week.
29. I have a big assignment this week.
30. They have two cotton bags.

Related Lessons-

1. Use of ‘am’ to explain the state of being
2. Use of is to tell about the profession
3. Use of pronoun these in questions
4. Use of will in negative answers
5. Use of have in the questions

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