In this lesson, we shall learn how to form negative answers about the possession of something using ‘have’. We will take the third person as a sentence subject in these answers.
Construction of a negative answer using ‘have’
The structure of a negative answer is as follows;
- No, + subject (he/she/it/any other singular noun)+ doesn’t +have + other words.
Formation of short negative answers using ‘have’
During learning affirmative sentences about possession, we have seen that we should pay attention to the first verb in a question. Question with a third person as a subject and the verb ‘have is started from does.
So, we use the first verb in a sentence to form the short answer.
In this lesson, we are answering the questions starting with does.
So, the formation of a short negative answer is as follows-
- No, + subject (he/she/it/any other singular noun)+ doesn’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. Keep in mind that we are answering the question with a third person as a subject in this lesson.
In brief, we can say-
- No, he doesn’t.
- No, she doesn’t.
- No, it doesn’t.
Let’s Have a look-
- No, he doesn’t have a red tie and red cufflinks. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, she doesn’t have long golden hair. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, Sheela doesn’t have a book with a plastic cover. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, Sameer doesn’t have a computer with a graphics card. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, Gaurav doesn’t have so much workload in the office. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, she doesn’t have a collection of ornaments. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, he doesn’t have an auto-driving car. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, Neela doesn’t have two step-sisters. (relationship) (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, Dolly doesn’t have a pink doll. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, Nikita doesn’t have two dozen coloured pencils. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, he doesn’t have a two-bedroom flat in Mumbai. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, Sheela doesn’t have a severe headache. (physical feeling) (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, he doesn’t have pain in his ankle. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, she doesn’t have a piano with its stand. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, it doesn’t have four sharp sides. (No, it doesn’t.)
- No, he doesn’t have a meeting at 2 pm today. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, she doesn’t have black pants with two pockets. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, a tiger doesn’t have black stripes on its body. (No, it doesn’t.)
- No, it doesn’t have attractive blue eyes.(No, it doesn’t.)
- No, a nurse doesn’t have a difficult job. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, a teacher doesn’t have a laptop to teach students. (No, he doesn’t.) (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, this boy doesn’t have a blue dress. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, a bird doesn’t have wings to fly. (No, it doesn’t.)
- No, an animal doesn’t have a tail. (No, it doesn’t.)
- No, a squirrel doesn’t have a beautiful bushy tail. (No, it doesn’t.)
- No, Parth doesn’t have a small school bag. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, Saurabh doesn’t have a new white-coloured scale. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, she doesn’t have a gate pass for that event. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, he doesn’t have a controversial life. (No, he doesn’t.)
- No, Suvarna doesn’t have many types of boxes. (No, she doesn’t.)
- No, he doesn’t have two paintings painted by M. F. Husain. (No, he doesn’t.)
Related Lessons-
- Use of ‘am’ to explain the state of being
- Use of is to tell about the profession
- Use of pronoun these in questions
- Use of will in negative answers
- Use of have in the questions