Have - Has - Go - Goes

Conjugation of Have and Go

To Have = To show possession / a quality
To Go = to show movement (travel) in a specific direction

Subject

To Have

The Rest of the sentence

I / you / we / they have

an old bike.

he / she / it

has

a new car.

Subject

To Go

The Rest of the sentence

I / you / we / they go

to class every day.

he / she / it

to the movies on Friday.

goes

Usually we only add 'S' to a verb when we conjugate it in the third person but notice how To
Have and To Go are slightly irregular (though they still both end in S).

Have and Go in Negative Sentences

To make a negative sentence in English with To Have and To Go we use Don't or Doesn't followed
by Have or Go(never Has or Goes).
Affirmative: You have a pen.
Negative: You don't have a pen.
You will see that we add don't between the subject and the verb. We use Don't when the subject
is I, you, we orthey.
Affirmative: He has a pencil.
Negative: He doesn't have a pencil.
When the subject is he, she or it, we add doesn't between the subject and the verb to make a
negative sentence. Notice that we don't use the normal third person conjugation (has, goes) in
negative sentences. We use the base form of the infinitive as seen below.

Word Order of Negative Sentences

The following is the word order to construct a basic negative sentence in English in the Present
Tense using Don't orDoesn't.
Subject

don't/doesn't

I / you / we / they don't

he / she / it

doesn't

Subject

don't/doesn't

I / you / we / they don't

he / she / it

doesn't

To Have*

The Rest of the sentence

have

cereal for lunch.

To Go*

The Rest of the sentence

go

to classes every day.

* Verb: The verb that goes here is the base form of the infinitive = The infinitive without TO before the
verb. Instead of the infinitive To have it is just the have part.
Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with TO. For
example: to have, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.
Examples of Negative Sentences with Have:

You don't have a clue.

John doesn't have many friends.

We don't have time for a rest.

It doesn't have four wheels.

They don't have the correct answers.

She doesn't have a nice dress.

Examples of Negative Sentences with Go:

You don't go to university.

John doesn't go to parties.

We don't go to work on the weekend.

It doesn't go fast.

They don't go to the beach.

She doesn't go to church.

Questions with Have and Go

To make a question in English with To Have and To Go, we normally use Do or Does at the
beginning of the question.
Affirmative: You have a girlfriend.
Question: Do you have a girlfriend?
You will see that we add DO at the beginning of the affirmative sentence to make it a question. We
use Do when the subject is I, you, we or they.
Affirmative: She has a boyfriend.
Question: Does she have a boyfriend?
When the subject is he, she or it, we add DOES at the beginning to make the affirmative sentence a
question. Notice that we don't use the normal third person conjugation (has, goes) in questions. We
use the base form of the infinitive as seen below.

Word Order of Questions with Do and Does

The following is the word order to construct a basic question in English using Do or Does.
Do/Does Subject
Do

I / you / we / they

Does

he / she / it

Do/Does Subject
Do

I / you / we / they

Does

he / she / it

Verb*

The Rest of the sentence

have

a new bike?

Verb*

The Rest of the sentence

go

to school?

*Verb: The verb that goes here is the base form of the infinitive = The infinitive without TO before the
verb. Instead of the infinitive To have it is just the have part.
Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with TO. For
example: to have, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.

Examples of Questions with Have and Go:

Do you have a dictionary?

Does Mary have a dictionary?

Do we go to all the meetings?

Does she go to all the meetings?

Short Answers with Have and Go

In questions that use do/does it is possible to give short answers to direct questions as follows:

Sample Questions

Do you have a car?

Do you go to church?
Do I have time?
Do I go to work today?
Do you both have time?
Do you both go to school?
Do they have a car?
Do they go to the pub?
Does he have a car?
Does he go to university?
Does she have a car?
Does she go to the gym?
Does it have four wheels?
Does it go slow?

Short Answer
(Affirmative)

Short Answer
(Negative)

Yes, I do.

No, I don't.

Yes, you do.

No, you don't.

Yes, we do.

No, we don't.

Yes, they do.

No, they don't.

Yes, he does.

No, he doesn't.

Yes, she does.

No, she doesn't.

Yes, it does.

No, it doesn't.

However, if a question word such as who, when, where, why, which or how is used in the
question, you can not use the short answers above to respond to the question.