{"id":73916,"date":"2020-04-12T10:23:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T10:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73916"},"modified":"2020-04-12T10:23:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T10:23:53","slug":"grammatical-structures-with-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/grammatical-structures-with-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammatical Structures With Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Have + object<\/h3>\n<p>The structure\u00a0<b>have + object\u00a0<\/b>is often used to talk about actions and experiences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let us\u00a0<b>have a drink.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>I was\u00a0<b>having a bath.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Have a nice time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In these expressions,<b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/have-as-an-auxiliary-verb\/\">have<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>is used in the sense of \u2018eat\u2019, \u2018drink\u2019, \u2018enjoy\u2019, \u2018experience\u2019 etc. Common expressions are:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>have a drink\/ supper\/ lunch\/ breakfast\/ a meal\/ dinner\/ coffee\/ tea<\/li>\n<li>have a wash\/ a bath\/ a shower<\/li>\n<li>have a talk\/ a chat\/ a quarrel\/ a fight<\/li>\n<li>have a swim\/ a walk\/ a ride\/ a game of chess<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Points to be noted<\/h3>\n<p>In this structure, we make questions and negatives with\u00a0<b>do.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>He\u00a0<b>had a word\u00a0<\/b>with his boss.<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>didn&#8217;t have a word\u00a0<\/b>with his boss.<\/li>\n<li><b>Did\u00a0<\/b>he\u00a0<b>have a word\u00a0<\/b>with his boss?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Progressive forms are possible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was\u00a0<b>having a bath\u00a0<\/b>when the telephone rang.<\/li>\n<li>They were\u00a0<b>having a nap\u00a0<\/b>when the thieves broke in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Have Got<\/h3>\n<p><b>Have got\u00a0<\/b>means exactly the same as\u00a0<b>have\u00a0<\/b>in most cases.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>She\u00a0<b>has got\u00a0<\/b>a bad temper. (= She has a bad temper.)<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>have got\u00a0<\/b>a headache. (= I have a headache.)<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>have got\u00a0<\/b>an appointment with the manager this evening. (= I have an appointment with the manager this evening.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>is not used in questions and negatives with\u00a0<b>got.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you got a sister? (<b>NOT\u00a0<\/b>Do you have got \u2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that<b>\u00a0got<\/b>\u00a0forms of<b>\u00a0have\u00a0<\/b>are not common in the past tense.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>had\u00a0<\/b>a cold last week. (<b>NOT\u00a0<\/b>I had got a cold last week.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Progressive forms of\u00a0<b>have<\/b>\u00a0are not normally possible with this meaning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have (got) a headache. (<b>NOT\u00a0<\/b>I am having a headache.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Have + object + infinitive\/participle<\/h3>\n<p>Have can be followed by object + infinitive (without to), object + -ing and object + past participle.<\/p>\n<h3>Have + object + infinitive\/-ing<\/h3>\n<p>In this structure have often means \u2018experience\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u00a0<b>had some difficulty finding\u00a0<\/b>the house.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>have trouble coming up\u00a0<\/b>with new ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Last night we\u00a0<b>had a strange thing happen\u00a0<\/b>to us.<\/li>\n<li>It is nice to\u00a0<b>have you sitting\u00a0<\/b>by me all the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another meaning is \u2018cause somebody or something to do something\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The film soon\u00a0<b>had us crying.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Points to be noted<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>After\u00a0<b>have + object,\u00a0<\/b>we use an infinitive without to.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Last night we\u00a0<b>had\u00a0<\/b>a strange thing\u00a0<b>happen\u00a0<\/b>to us. (<b>NOT<\/b>\u2026strange thing happened\/to happen to us.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here the infinitive suggests a completed action; -ing form suggests continuity.<\/p>\n<h3>Have + Object + Past Participle<\/h3>\n<p>This structure is used to talk about arranging for things to be done by others. The past participle has a passive meaning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are\u00a0<b>having the house painted\u00a0<\/b>next month.<\/li>\n<li>We must\u00a0<b>have the roof repaired.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another meaning is \u2018experience\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She\u00a0<b>had her car stolen\u00a0<\/b>last week.<\/li>\n<li>We\u00a0<b>had our roof blown off\u00a0<\/b>in the storm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Have to, have got to<\/h3>\n<p><b>Have (got) to\u00a0<\/b>is often used to talk about obligation. The meaning is similar to\u00a0<b>must.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I\u00a0<b>have to\u00a0<\/b>be there by 5 o&#8217; clock. (= I must be there by 5 o&#8217; clock.)<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>has to\u00a0<\/b>finish the work himself. (He must finish the work himself.)<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>have to\u00a0<\/b>do something before it is too late. (= I must do something before it is too late.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Points to be noted<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Had to\u00a0<\/b>is used to talk about obligation that existed in the past.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I\u00a0<b>had to\u00a0<\/b>be there by 5 o&#8217; clock.<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>had to\u00a0<\/b>finish the work himself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2. In this structure have\u00a0<\/b>can be used like an ordinary verb (with do in questions and negatives), or like an auxiliary verb (without do).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You\u00a0<b>have to\u00a0<\/b>be back in 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>When\u00a0<b>do I have to\u00a0<\/b>be back? (used like an ordinary verb)<\/li>\n<li>When\u00a0<b>have I (got) to\u00a0<\/b>be back?<\/li>\n<p>(used like an auxiliary verb)<\/p>\n<li><b>Do I have to\u00a0<\/b>be back in 10 minutes? (ordinary verb)<\/li>\n<li><b>Have I got to<\/b>\u00a0be back in ten minutes? (auxiliary verb)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have + object The structure\u00a0have + object\u00a0is often used to talk about actions and experiences. Let us\u00a0have a drink. I was\u00a0having a bath. Have a nice time. 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