English Lessons: Have - Has - Go - Goes Simple Present Tense

English Lessons: Have - Has - Go - Goes Simple Present Tense

English Lessons: Have - Has - Go - Goes Simple Present Tense

English Lessons: Have - Has - Go - Goes Simple Present Tense

Conjugation of Have and Go

To Have = To show a quality  / possession
To Go = to show movement (travel) in a particular direction

Subject                            To Have               The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they                have                                 an old car.
he / she / it                            has                                 a new bike.

Subject                      To Go           The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they        go                      to school everyday.
he / she / it                  goes               to the movies on Monday.

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• How To Have and To Go are slightly irregular (though they still both end in S) and usually we only add 'S' to a verb when we conjugate it in the third person.

Have and Go in Negative Sentences:

Use Don't or Doesn't followed by Have or Go (never Has or Goes) to make a negative sentence in English.

Affirmative:  I have a pen.
Negative:     I don't have a pen.

We use Don't when the subject is I, you, we or they and we add Don't between the subject and the verb.

Affirmative:  She has a pencil.
Negative:     She doesn't have a pencil.

You will see that we add Doesn't between the subject and the verb to make a negative sentence. When the subject is he, she or it.

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• That we don't use the normal third person conjugation (Has, Goes) in negative sentences. We use the base form of the infinitive as seen below.

Word Order of Negative Sentences:

The Present Tense using Don't or Doesn't and the following is the word order to construct a basic negative sentence in English.

Subject          don't/doesn't         To Have*          The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we            don't                                
 / they                                               have                          cereal for lunch.
he / she / it           doesn't

Subject             don't/doesn't      To Go*                 The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we
/ they                     don't                     go                           to classes every day.
he / she / it           doesn't

* Verb: The verb is the base form of the infinitive = The infinitive without TO before the verb. Instead of the infinitive To have it is just the have part.

Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with TO. For example: to drink, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.

Examples of Negative Sentences with Have:

You don't have a clue.
She doesn't have a nice dress.

Examples of Negative Sentences with Go:

He doesn't go to parties.
I don't go to the beach.

Questions with Have and Go:

We normally use Do or Does at the beginning of the question to make a question in English with To Have and To Go.

Affirmative: You have a girlfriend.
Question: Do you have a girlfriend?

We use Do when the subject is I, you, we or they and we add DO at the beginning of the affirmative sentence to make it a question.

Affirmative: She has a boyfriend.
Question: Does she have a boyfriend?

You will see that we add DOES at the beginning to make the affirmative sentence a question.When the subject is he, she or it.

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• That we don't use the normal third person conjugation (Has, Goes) in questions. We use the base form of the infinitive as seen below.

Word Order of Questions with Do and Does:

The order to construct a basic question in English using Do or Does.

Do/Does          Subject        Verb*      The Rest of the sentence
Do                   I / you /
                       we / they         have                  a new bike?
Does              he / she / it

Do/Does          Subject            Verb*      The Rest of the sentence
Do                    I / you /
                       we / they              go                  to school?
Does              he / she / it

*Verb: The verb is the base form of the infinitive = The infinitive without TO before the verb. Instead the infinitive To have it is just the have part.

Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with TO. For example: to drink, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.

Examples of Questions with Have and Go:

Do you have a dictionary?
Does Mary have a dictionary?
Do we go to all the meetings?
Does she go to all the meetings?

Short Answers with Have and Go:

It is possible to give short answers to direct questions that use DO/DOES as follows:

Sample                                Short Answer                      Short Answer
Questions                        (Affirmative)                      (Negative)

Do you have a car?                 Yes, I do.                           No, I don't.                             
Do I have time?                      Yes, you do.                      No, you don't.     
Do they have a car?                Yes, we do.                       No, we don't.
Do they go to the pub?           Yes, they do.                     No, they don't.
Does he go to university? Yes, he does.                     No, he doesn't.
Does she go to the gym?         Yes, she does.                   No, she doesn't.

You can not use the short answers above to respond to the question. If a question word such as who, when, where, why, which or how is used in the question.