To have (have/has/had) merupakan main verbs dan dapat digunakan dalam kalimat dengan berbagai makna. Sebelumnya perhatikan daftar berikut:
Subject Present Tense Past Tense
I have had
you, we,
they have had
she, he,
it has had
our
friends (plural) have had
her
mother (singular) has had
etc…
Have/has/had menunjukan kepemilikan.
Perhatikan kalimat berikut:
- The successful teacher has a basic knowledge of how the students learn.
- We have new friend from Australia.
(Kata has dan have pada kalimat di atas diartikan
memiliki atau mempunyai. Has digunakan
oleh singular subject yaitu the
successful teacher, sementara have
digunakan oleh plural subject yaitu We.
Keduanya dalam bentuk present.)
Have/has/had menggambarkan kegiatan makan atau minum.
Perhatikan kalimat berikut:
- The kids have lunch together with their parents.
- We had a cup of coffee in coffee break while following workshop last week.
(Have lunch bermakna makan siang
dengan situasi present dan had a cup of coffee bermakna minum kopi
dengan situasi past).
Have/has/had menggambarkan waktu perfect (sudah/telah/baru saja).
Perhatikan kalimat berikut:
- I have written a letter for permission.
- He has bought an expensive car.
- Mr. Joe had four cars five years ago.
(Have, has dan had dalam kalimat ini dapat diartikan
sudah atau baru saja. Have untuk
subjek jamak seperti I, we, they, players dan lainnya. Has untuk subjek tunggal seperti he, she, Mr Joe, dan lainya. Pada
kalimat di atas kata have dan has merupakan bentuk present sedangkan had merupakan bentuk past.
Maka arti frasa di atas adalah have written: sudah menulis, has bought: sudah membeli, dan had four cars: memiliki empat mobil.)
Have/has/had diikuti to
bermakna must.
Perhatikan kalimat berikut:
- She has to complete her assignment before professor come.
- They had to cross the river at the time.
(Has to, had to dan have to diartikan harus dalam pola kalimat ini. Kata tersebut berfungsi sebagai auxiliary verb.)
Exercise:
Choose the correct form of the have or has in parentheses in the following sentences. Do as examples.
- He (
have/has) climbed that mountain many time. - The use of credit cards in place of cash
(has/
have) increased rapidly in recent years.
- Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members, (have/has) proposed some changes of the rules.
- The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be extremely harmful.
- They (have/has) gone home.
- (Have/Has) you and Sue been sitting there together?
- (Have/Has) your daughter been sitting there all alone?
- This machine (have/has) been better days.
- Cat (have/has) an extraordinary ability to get their own way.
- A cat (have/has) complete freedom to roam in our neighborhood.
- Ian (have/has) always been a good lawyer, the judge said.
- Every man and woman (have/has) a single vote.
