How to Use ‘Doesn’t Have’ in Negative Sentences

‘Have’ is used to explain the non-possession of something in the present. We used ‘have with ‘I’,’ we’, ‘you’ and ‘they’ or plural nouns in the present tense in the lesson, How to Use Have in a Negative Sentence. While using the first or second person as a subject in a negative sentence, we use ‘do as an auxiliary verb with have.

But when we use a third-person singular noun as a subject, we should use ‘does as an auxiliary verb with have in negative sentences. That is, we can use ‘have with ‘he’,’ she’, ‘it’ and any third-person singular noun in the present.

Let’s see how to use ‘does… have’ in a negative sentence.

Use of ‘does have to explain non-possession

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

Formation of a negative sentence using ‘have’

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

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

Negatives using ‘have’ with ‘does’ are more common than negatives without does.

In this lesson, we shall see how to form a sentence with ‘doesn’t have’.

Formation of a sentence using ‘doesn’t have

We can form a sentence as follows:

• Subject (he/she/it/any other singular noun)+ doesn’t +have + other words  + full stop (.)

In these sentences, ‘have’ is used as the main verb and ‘does as an auxiliary.

Examples:

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

Here are some examples.

Let’s have a look:

1. He doesn’t have a red tie and red cufflinks.
2. She doesn’t have long golden hair.
3. Sheela doesn’t have a book with a plastic cover.
4. Sameer doesn’t have a computer with a graphics card.
5. Gaurav doesn’t have so much workload in the office.
6. She doesn’t have a collection of ornaments.
7. He doesn’t have an auto-driving car.
8. Neela doesn’t have two stepsisters. (relationship)
9. Dolly doesn’t have a pink doll.
10. Nikita doesn’t have two dozen coloured pencils.
11. He doesn’t have a two-bedroom flat in Mumbai.
12. Sheela doesn’t have a severe headache. (physical feeling)
13. He doesn’t have pain in his ankle.
14. She doesn’t have a piano with its stand.
15. It doesn’t have four sharp sides.
16. He doesn’t have a meeting at 2 p.m. today.
17. She doesn’t have black pants with two pockets.
18. A tiger doesn’t have black stripes on its body.
19. It doesn’t have attractive blue eyes.
20. A nurse doesn’t have a difficult job.
21. A teacher doesn’t have a laptop to teach students.
22. This boy doesn’t have a blue dress.
23. A bird doesn’t have wings to fly.
24. An animal doesn’t have a tail.
25. A squirrel doesn’t have a beautiful, bushy tail.
26. Parth doesn’t have a small school bag.
27. Saurabh doesn’t have a new white-coloured scale.
28. She doesn’t have a gate pass for that event.
29. He doesn’t have a controversial life.
30. Suvarna doesn’t have many types of boxes.
31. He doesn’t have two paintings painted by M. F. Husain.