Chapter 2 :

To Have
This is another very important verb in English. We use it to tell people about our
families, our possessions (ex. car, book, room)., to describe things or people etc…
Simple Present Tense

I have
You have
She has
He has
It has
We have
You have
They have

* He, She and It take the verb form has all the others take have
A: about family
Vocabulary :
mother father-in-law
father brother-in-law
sister uncle
brother aunt
grandmother cousin
grandfather niece
husband nephew
wife son daughter
mother-in-law

Ex. I have one brother and two sisters. Everyone has a mother and a father.
I have three cousins I have four aunts and three uncles.
What about you ? ? ? ? ?
How many relatives do you have ?

I have a ____________ and a __________ .

I have ______ aunts and _______ uncles.

I have ______ cousins.

I have ______ sisters and _______ brothers.

Question Formation
Do I have
Do you have
Does she have
Does he have
Does it have
Do we have
Do you have
Do they have
• Notice we use the verb to do in question formation with all verbs other than To Be in
the present tense. Also, the verb to do takes an s instead of the verb to have in the 3rd
person (he, she and it)
Ex. Does she have a sister ?
Not Do she has a sister ?
Key Question : Do you have any brothers ? How many sisters do you
have ?

Practice asking and answering questions about your families.

*Class activity : Bring in a picture of your family and talk about it.
Yes and No Questions : Practice
Do you have any brothers and sisters ? Yes, I have ________
brother(s) and _________ sister(s)
.

D_____ you ______ any aunts and uncles ? Yes, I ______ ______ uncle(s) and
_________ aunt (s) .

Make up questions of
your own using real
examples in your own

family.

Grammar Tip :
Use of a / an with nouns.
As you noticed in Chapter 1 with “ I am a doctor.” or “ She is an
architect.” We use what are called articles in English for certain singular
nouns.
The rule is if the noun begins with a vowel ( A,E,I,O,U ) we must use AN
but if the noun begins with a consonant (all other letters) we
must use A.

Study these three lists.

an actress a dentist a big egg
an egg a bicycle a good day
an ice cream a car a nice hat
an orange a knife a pretty sister
an umbrella a teacher an intelligent student
an opera a mechanic an interesting movie
an apple a brother a handsome man
an earring a vacation a terrible mother-in-law
Now substitute into the following sentences :
He is _____ engineer It is ____ beautiful day. She has ____ niece.
Philip is ___ musician. Dorothy has ____ daughter. It is ____ expensive car.
Jim is ___ wonderful husband but Mary is ___ terrible wife.

Contractions :

do not don’t
does not doesn’t
I have I’ve
He has He’s *
She has She’s *
It has It’s *
You have You’ve
We have We’ve
They have They’ve

• Be careful not to confuse it is = it´s with it has = it´s

she is = she´s with she has = she´s
he is = he´s with he has = he´s

Conversation Practice : Practice and then use your own information.

Julie : Hi, Bill. Do you want to see a picture of my

family ?
Bill : Sure, that would be great.
Julie : Here it is. These are my parents. This is my
brother, Todd. These are my sisters Cindy and
Wendy.
Bill : What a nice family ! Who are these people ?
Julie :Oh, that’s my friend, William and his
girlfriend , Liz. Do you have a picture of
your family?
Bill : Sure, but it’s at home.
Julie : Do you have a big family ?
Bill : Well, I have one sister and one brother so there are five people in my family.
We have a lot of fun together.
Julie : Yeah, we do too. Well, I have to go now. . See you later.
Bill : O.K., Bye.
Cultural Note : Yeah is a common form in English to mean Yes. Oh usually
expresses surprise. Hi or Hello are common greetings and Bye, See you later, Take

care, Good bye are common expressions for departure.

The Relatives :
Use this vocabulary to complete the following sentences :

niece uncle cousin grandmother father-in-law son

a) My aunt’s son is my ________________ .

b) My sister’s daughter is my ________________

c) My husband’s father is my ________________ .

d) My mother’s mother is my ________________

e) My husband’s son is my ________________ .

f) My father’s brother is my ________________ .

B: about possessions

Colours :
yellow purple
white orange
blue green gray
red black
pink brown
Ex. I have yellow, green, red and blue paints.
I have a purple dress.
She has an orange hat.
Ex. I have a car. It `s black . I have a black car.
Do you have a car ? Yes, I do. It’s yellow.

Yes, I have a yellow one.

Yes, I have a Volkswagen (Beetle/Bug.)

What kind of car do you have ?

I have a Volkswagen (Beetle
Bug Vocho)
I have a yellow car. NOT
I I have a car yellow.

*Adjectives always go before nouns.

Shapes :
Rectangular Diamond

Oval Square box Round bowling

ball

Ex. The plate is round and the cake is

triangular.
Name something you have that is …

round ________________________

square ________________

triangular _________________
Recap : Practice the following sentences with HAVE :

Do you have a boyfriend / girlfriend ? Yes, I have a/an ______________

Do you have a pet (dog or cat) ?
Do you have an interesting job ?
Do you have any children ?
Do you have a bicycle ?
Do you have a television ?
Do you have a garden ?
Yes, I have a/an ______________
Yes, I have a/an ______________
Yes, I have a/an ______________
Yes, I have a/an ______________
Yes, I have a/an ______________
Yes, I have a/an ______________

*Practice making questions with do and asking your classmates. If

you are a small group you can practice with the teacher.

Write it !
Write down five interesting questions you would like to ask someone.
Then choose five people in the class to ask your questions to. If the class
is very small you can ask the teacher.

1._______________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________

4._______________________________________________________

5._______________________________________________________

C: to describe people or things.

Adjective Order

1 2 3 4 5 6
number size color/shape where from what it’s made of noun
one big brown Mexican wooden statue
three large round Canadian glass bowls

Review Vocabulary :
 Colors Shapes adjectives Nationalities Materials
red round big Chinese metal
blue square small Turkish paper
green rectangular tall French
glass
white triangular short Spanish
leather
black oval heavy Guatemalan cloth
yellow light Peruvian rubber
orange crazy German clay
purple old Japanese plastic
pink young Thai wooden
brown cheap Australian
cardboard
gray expensive Swedish porcelain
Describe the following pictures using the adjectives in order and make
a sentence for each one. Discuss your answers with the class.

Ex. The big gray Indian

elephant is in the zoo.

1
2 3

1. _______________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

• Class Activity : Find pictures in magazines and describe them to the class. You can
also play 21 questions with the class. The class has to ask you questions about your
pictures using the new vocabulary. They are only allowed to ask yes or no questions to try
to determine what your picture is. It must be a person, place or thing.