Where to use “is / are / am / was / were” and “has / have / had”
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Where to use “is / are / am / was / were” and “has / have / had”
-Published on 04th Feb 2022 by Oxford School of English-
“is / are / am / was / were” and “has / have / had” have always been a challenge for quite a few. Today, we will learn where they are used.
“is / are / am / was / were” are called “helping verbs”. As the name suggests, they are verbs that help convey the tense and meaning of a sentence. “was/were” in the past form.
Whereas, “has/have,” tells “ownership” in the present and “had” in the past. Let us have a look at them in detail:
1. Use of “is / are / am / was / were”
To describe what a person or thing is, like:
- My uncle is a businessman
- They are not upstairs
- The weather is so pleasant today
- He was very short-tempered
- Were you shocked when you saw that?
- She is studying upstairs
- They were not playing well
- He was not watching TV when the doorbell rang
- Why were you playing so bad yesterday?
- How was he commuting yesterday?
- These rooms are cleaned twice a day
- She was not told to leave
- Plants are not watered regularly
- Why are the cars parked here?
- Where were the chairs kept?
- I have (got) some old coins
- He has (got) two kids
- They have not (got) much money. (or, they don’t have much….)
- She hasn’t got a job in an MNC. (or, she doesn’t have a job….)
- They had a posh house in the colony.
- I have to leave now
- You don’t have to stay here
- She has to complete this task as soon as possible
- Does he have to fill out this form right now?
- I have delivered the parcel
- Nobody has applied for the job.
- She has found the car keys
- Have they lodged an FIR?
- We have been waiting here since morning
- Has she been doing the dishes for half an hour?
With “Verb_1+ing” to make continuous tense, like:
To emphasize an action, in passive forms, like:
2. Use of “has / have / had “
To possess or hold something, like:
Note: “got” is optional and used mostly in spoken English
To show compulsory actions, like:
With Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous tense like:
