How to Use Does Have in Negative Answers about Possession

In the previous chapter, you learned to construct sentences using ‘have’ in affirmative answers about the possession of something.

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 + 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. 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  + full stop (.)

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. Remember that we are answering the question in this lesson with a third person as a subject.

In brief, we can say:

• No, he doesn’t.
• No, she doesn’t.
• No, it doesn’t.

Let’s Have a look-

1. No, he doesn’t have a red tie and red cufflinks.
   (No, he doesn’t.)
2. No, she doesn’t have long, golden hair.
   (No, she doesn’t.)
3. No, Sheela doesn’t have a book with a plastic cover.
   (No, she doesn’t.)
4. No, Sameer doesn’t have a computer with a graphics card.
   (No, he doesn’t.)
5. No, Gaurav doesn’t have so much workload in the office.
   (No, he doesn’t.)
6. No, she doesn’t have a collection of ornaments.
   (No, she doesn’t.)
7. No, he doesn’t have an auto-driving car.
   (No, he doesn’t.)
8. No, Neela doesn’t have two stepsisters. (relationship)
   (No, she doesn’t.)
9. No, Dolly doesn’t have a pink doll.
   (No, she doesn’t.)
10. No, Nikita doesn’t have two dozen coloured pencils.
    (No, she doesn’t.)
11. No, he doesn’t have a two-bedroom flat in Mumbai.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
12. No, Sheela doesn’t have a severe headache. (physical feeling)
    (No, she doesn’t.)
13. No, he doesn’t have pain in his ankle.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
14. No, she doesn’t have a piano with its stand.
    (No, she doesn’t.)
15. No, it doesn’t have four sharp sides.
    (No, it doesn’t.)
16. No, he doesn’t have a meeting at 2 pm today.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
17. No, she doesn’t have black pants with two pockets.
    (No, she doesn’t.)
18. No, a tiger doesn’t have black stripes on its body.
    (No, it doesn’t.)
19. No, it doesn’t have attractive blue eyes.
    (No, it doesn’t.)
20. No, a nurse doesn’t have a difficult job.
    (No, she doesn’t.)
21. No, a teacher doesn’t have a laptop to teach students.
    (No, he doesn’t.) (No, she doesn’t.)
22. No, this boy doesn’t have a blue dress.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
23. No, a bird doesn’t have wings to fly.
    (No, it doesn’t.)
24. No, an animal doesn’t have a tail.
    (No, it doesn’t.)
25. No, a squirrel doesn’t have a beautiful, bushy tail.
    (No, it doesn’t.)
26. No, Parth doesn’t have a small school bag.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
27. No, Saurabh doesn’t have a new white-coloured scale.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
28. No, she doesn’t have a gate pass for that event.
    (No, she doesn’t.)
29. No, he doesn’t have a controversial life.
    (No, he doesn’t.)
30. No, Suvarna doesn’t have many types of boxes.
    (No, she doesn’t.)
31. No, he doesn’t have two paintings painted by M. F. Husain.
    (No, he doesn’t.)

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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