Penggunaan Have dan Had

Penggunaan have, has, dan had untuk menunjukkan kepemilikan. Pada bab ini have, has, dan had lebih mengacu pada subjeknya bukan kala atau keterangan waktu karena dalam bab ini belum membahas perfect tense. Untuk have, has, dan had yang berarti memiliki/mempunyai selalu diikuti oleh objek berupa noun atau noun phrase.

Have, has, dan had yang berarti memiliki atau mempunyai dapat dicontohkan sebagai berikut:
Contoh:
Have

• I have many books.
• We have nice relationship.
• They have a good house.

Has

• She has black hair.
• Howard has a motorcycle.
• It has two wings.

Had

• We had nice relationship.
• I had may books.
• It had two wings.

Kata kerja have digunakan mengikuti pronoun berikut:

• I 
• you
• we
• they
• Jack and Jill
• Birds

Kata kerja has digunakan mengikuti pronoun berikut:

• It 
• SHe
• He
• Jack
• A bird

Kata kerja had digunakan mengikuti semua pronoun berikut:

• I
• we
• they
• you
• Jack and Jill 
• She
• He
• It
• Jack
• A bird

Have dapat digunakan dalam yes/no questions.

Contoh:

• Do you have a motorcycle? - Yes, I do./No, I don't. 
• Does he have a motorcycle? - Yes, he does./ No. he doesn't.
• Did you have a motorcycle? - Yes, I did./ No, I didn't.

Have dapat digunakan dalam pertanyaan lain.

Contoh:

• How many motorcycle do you have? - I have one motorcycle.
• How much sugar does she have? - She has little sugar.
• How many motorcycle did you have? - I had one motorcycle.

Have dalam kalimat negatif.

Contoh:

• I don't have motorcycle.
• She doesn't have sugar.
• We didn't have book.

Have digunakan setelah modal.

Contoh:

• Jack may have many books.
• It must have two wings.
• You can have it.