How to Use Did Have in Negative Answers about Possession

In the previous chapter, you learned to construct sentences using ‘had’ in affirmative answers about possessing something in the past tense.

In this lesson, we shall learn how to form negative answers about the possession of something using ‘did have.

Construction of a negative answer using ‘did have’

The structure of an affirmative answer is as follows:

• No, + subject (any singular or plural noun) + didn’t have + other words + full stop (.)

Formation of short negative answers using ‘have’

While learning affirmative sentences about possession, we have seen that we should pay attention to the first verb in a question.

So, we use the first verb in a sentence to form the short answer.

In this lesson, we are answering the questions starting with did.

So, the formation of a short negative answer is as follows:

• No, + subject (any singular or plural noun) + didn’t.

Examples of ‘have’ in a negative answer

Let’s see how to use ‘have’ in the negative answers about the possession of something with some examples.

In brief, we can say:

• No, I didn’t.
• No, we didn’t.
• No, you didn’t.
• No, he/she/it didn’t.
• No, they didn’t.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Let’s Have a look-

1. No, I didn’t have an elder brother.
   (No, I didn’t.)
2. No, Neela didn’t have two maternal aunts.
   (No, she didn’t.)
3. No, I didn’t have a coupon from Big Bazar.
    (No, I didn’t.)
4. No, we didn’t have a meeting at 2 p.m. yesterday.
   (No, we didn’t.)
5. No, she didn’t have musical instruments last night.
     (No, she didn’t.)
6. No, those boys didn’t have drawing books to draw a design.
   (No, they didn’t.)
7. No, she didn’t have golden bangles.
   (No, she didn’t.)
8. No, he didn’t have a big assignment in interior design.
   (No, he didn’t.)
9. No, Suvarna didn’t have two bags of red colour.
   (No, she didn’t.)
10. No, he didn’t have a circular wall clock.
    (No, he didn’t.)
11. No, Gaurav didn’t have so much office work yesterday.
    (No, he didn’t.)
12. No, we didn’t have a new guitar that day.
    (No, we didn’t.)
13. No, Nikita didn’t have a good time with him.
     (No, she didn’t.)
14. No, a lion didn’t have a mane of golden hair.
    (No, it didn’t.)
15. No, doctors didn’t have a busy schedule in the medical camp.
    (No, they didn’t.)
16. No, the birds didn’t have nests in the tree.
    (No, they didn’t.)
17. No, animals didn’t have enough water in the forest.
    (No, they didn’t.)
18. No, a monkey didn’t have an infant under its arm.
    (No, it didn’t.)
19. No, he didn’t have a violet shirt with yellow stripes.
    (No, he didn’t.)
20. No, it didn’t have yellow eyes, which frightened me.
    (No, it didn’t.)
21. No, you didn’t have a beautiful ceiling fan in your bedroom.
    (No, you didn’t.)
22. No, we didn’t have that book in the college library.
    (No, we didn’t.)
23. No, Parth didn’t have five friends during his college days.
    (No, he didn’t.)
24. No, teachers didn’t have a vacation in the month of April.
    (No, they didn’t.)
25. No, Dolly didn’t have a green skirt with a red frill.
    (No, she didn’t.)
26. No, it didn’t have too much pain in its ankle.
    (No, it didn’t.)
27. No, I didn’t have a green blouse with a white bow.
     (No, I didn’t.)
28. No, we didn’t have violet shirts as our uniform.
    (No, we didn’t.)
29. No, that boy didn’t have a black T-scale.
    (No, he didn’t.)
30. No, Sankita didn’t have eight subjects in her syllabus.
    (No, she didn’t.)

Related Lessons-

1. Use of did as the main verb
2. Use of shall be in future continuous action
3. Use of  does have to ask questions about the possession
4. Forms of verb
5. Irregular verbs

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