Syllabus topic 23: Have — auxiliary or main verb
Have — auxiliary or main verb. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation.
Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
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Practice my mistakesBack to my daily plan___ you finished?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Have
Completed sentence: Have you finished? Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
___ she have a car?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Does
Completed sentence: Does she have a car? Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
We have ___ here before.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: been
Completed sentence: We have been here before. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
I had the tyres ___.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: replaced
Completed sentence: I had the tyres replaced. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
He ___ to work late yesterday.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: had
Completed sentence: He had to work late yesterday. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
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Correct answer: Have
Completed sentence: Have you finished? Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
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Correct answer: Does
Completed sentence: Does she have a car? Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
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Correct answer: been
Completed sentence: We have been here before. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
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Correct answer: replaced
Completed sentence: I had the tyres replaced. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: had
Completed sentence: He had to work late yesterday. Have is an auxiliary in perfect tenses, a main verb for possession/experience, and part of have to for obligation. Auxiliary have inverts directly; main-verb have commonly uses do. Causative have takes object + participle. Have got has its own question pattern.
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