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have: past and future

PAST: l/you/he/she/it/we/they had

When I was a student I had an old Volkswagen. Ann had a cold last week.

We make past questions and negatives with did + infinitive (without to).

STATEMENT Q QUESTION H NEGATIVE B
Clara had a cold. Did Clara have a cold? Clara did not/didn't have a cold.
(NOT Did Clara had...)

^ Make sentences about Clara when she was six.
► a bicycle 9 p^bloyole?......
► adogQ s>he d id n 't have a .........

1 a computer O ..........................................................................................
2 very fair hair H ..........................................................................................
3 lots of friends f l ..........................................................................................
4 many nice clothes O ........................................................................
5 her own room H ..........................................................................................

0 Write sentences about yourself when you were six. Use / had and / didn't have.
1 I had................................................................... 3 ............................................
2 I didn't have........................................................ 4 ............................................

FUTURE: l/you/he/she/it/we/they will (not) have
Contractions: I'll, you'll etc; won't (= will not)

One day, everybody will have enough food. Julia says that she won't have children.

To make future questions with have, we put will before the subject.

STATEMENT Q : John will have a car soon. Thebab^will have blue eyes.
QUESTION 9 : Will John have a car soon? Will the baby have blue eyes?

^ Read the text and complete the sentences about John's future.
This year, John doesn't have money, a job, a house, a girlfriend, a suit or a car.
He has a small room, a bicycle, old clothes, a guitar and a cat. But next year:
► more money Q . have vwore ^ovceij^_

► a small room H
► a cat ] w ill he have a cat?

1 a j o b D ..........................................................................................................
2 a bicycle B .............................................................................................
3 a c a r Q ...........................................................................................................
4 a house H ..............................................................................................
5 a girlfriend H .........................................................................................
6 old clothes f l .........................................................................................

7 a suit D ..........................................................................................................
8 a guitar H ......................................................................................................

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full BE AND HAVE
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.