“Have Verb” sentences in negative form (Present Tense) :
Examples 1:
I have a pen.
Rule to convert this sentence into negative sentence :
Steps:
- Tense and subject of the sentence should be checked.
- According to the tense and subject, “do” verb should be added next to the subject as (do + not) in the sentence.
- To convert “do verb and have verb” sentences, “do” verb is introduced next to the subject.
I have a pen.
I (do+not) have a pen.
- After (do+ not) is added next to the subject, the verb
(have) which is already in the sentence should always be
changed to the base form.
Example 2:
She has a pen.
To convert this as a negative sentence,
- “Do” verb is introduced in the sentence.
- The “do verb” should be according to the subject.
- The “do verb” should also be based on the tense.
- According to present tense and the subject “she”, “does” is introduced in the sentence.
- So, (does+not) is added next to the subject of the sentence to convert into negative form.
She has a pen.
She (does+not) have a pen. - The verb “has” which is in the sentence should be changed into base form as “have”.
Note:
- For the possession, either “have or has” is used in present
form. - The term “having” should not be used to describe a
possession.
- I have a book. (correct)
I am having a book. (wrong) - She has a pen. (correct)
She is having a pen. (wrong)
Example sentences:
- I have books.
I (do+not) have books. - You have pet animals.
You (do+not) have pet animals. - She has a diamond necklace.
She (does+not) have a diamond necklace. - He has an imported bike.
He (does+not) have an imported bike. - This book has 100 pages.
This book (does+not) have 100 pages. - That person has cinema tickets.
That person (does+not) have cinema tickets. - We have our own house.
We (do+not) have our own house. - They have work.
They (do+not) have work. - These children have story books.
These children (do+not) have story books. - Those employees have free time.
Those employees (do+not) have free time.
Exercise – 35
Convert the following sentences into Negative sentences: (“Have verb” – Present tense)
- I have books.
- You have a dvd player.
- Sima has LED t.v.
- My cousin has a dog.
- This film has three parts.
- That girl has a long hair.
- We have a luxurious car.
- My friend and I have PS-4.
- Policemen have pistols with them.
- These flowers have pollens.
- Those sculptures have a unique design.
Have Verb – Negative Sentence in Past Tense:
To convert (have verb) sentences into Negative sentences:
Example 1: I had a dog.
Rule:
To convert this sentence into negative sentence,
- Tense and subject of the sentence should be checked.
- According to the tense, “did” is added to the sentence.
- Based on the subject, “did” is introduced in past tense.
- The verb “had” in the sentence should be changed into base form as “have”.
I had a dog.
I (did+not) have a dog.
Example 2:
She had a dog.
She (did+not) have a dog.
In this sentence, according to the tense and subject, “did” can be added to the negative sentence.
Example sentences:
- I had my breakfast.
I (did+not) have my breakfast. - You had an i phone.
You (did+not) have an i phone. - She had cookies.
She (did+not) have cookies. - He had platinum rings.
He (did+not) have platinum rings. - This kid had toys.
This kid (did + not) have toys. - That boy had a good sense of humour.
That boy (did+not) have a sense of humour. - We had a ticket to travel.
We (did+not) have a ticket to travel. - They had good memories.
They (did+not) have good memories. - These children had books.
These children (did+not) have books. - Those kids had playing cards.
Those kids (did+not) have playing cards.
Exercise – 36
Convert the following sentences into Negative sentences:
(“have” verb in Past tense)
- I had my exams.
- You had books.
- Riya had a golden watch.
- John had branded bags.
- This man had a car.
- That guy had movies in his laptop.
- We had currencies of different countries.
- They had parrots in their house.
- These children had chocolates.
- Those people had their work.This man had a car.
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