'Yes, I do' or 'Yes, I have'? - Speaking English

[johncarlevaro]

I literally have a c2 and I swear I didn't know this!! Thanks for the info!!

[blitzweiss]

The general rule for short answers is to use the same verb as the auxiliary verb. Alex uses American English which sometimes is a bit different than British English. In US English  "Do you have a car?" is common, in UK English "Have you got a car?" is common but considered informal.  US Do you have a car ? Yes I do./No, I don't.  UK Have you got a car/ Yes I have./No, I haven't

[Hiba-dibb]

So the rule is we always answer by the first verb that we hear it😅

[damasceno]

Hi teacher! Thank you so much, this lesson was very useful for me.

[ngtdnghia]

I used to response 'Yes, I have/ No, I haven't' for both Do.. and Have... question. Thanks for show me the correct way.

[craffitigaming]

Thanks for your amazing clarification 👍👍👍👍👍

[freedflores]

Thanks coach, i can have my mind more clear than before about of this topics

[rowelhero]

thank you for teaching us the right way on how to use those words

[sotmonger]

Alex thank you very much for your videos. I got a cuestion is correct to say have you a car? or I always have to use '" do"?

[williamssharon]

That's a very good short lesson! 👍

[charleswetzel]

I agree with the contents of this video. Yes, we match the verb at the beginning of the yes/no question with the verb at the end of the answer. _Do_ you have a tablet? Yes, I _do_. (do) _Are_ you angels? No, we _are_ not. (be)

I think there are many "hippie teachers" out there who are like "no grammar rules, man!" "Whatever, man!" "It's all good, man!" However, I am one of the few who still think that grammatical accuracy is important, so I try to correct my students if I can.

Some (especially British) people use the construction "Have you got (noun)?" Then, "Yes, I have." is a correct construction in reply. This construction is also occasionally used in American English (I witnessed Fred and Lamont Sanford using it in an episode of Sanford and Son), and "Got Milk?" is a shortened version of "Have You Got Milk?" However, these days, I think "Have you got (noun)?" is uncommon in American English, and I have even gotten mocked for using that construction (just after I came back to the US from three years in Hong Kong, which altered my English slightly towards RP rather than the GA I had spoken for most of my life). In both RP and GA English, as far as I know, "Do you...?" followed by "Yes, I have." is WRONG.

I teach English in Japan (as I suspect you do, too, because we appear to have the same Uniqlo shirt, LOL) and have done so for over nine years. Students almost invariably respond to "Do you have (noun)?" with "Yes, I have." or "No, I haven't." I'm not really sure why that is. I think some English mistakes have been engrained in the Japanese education system, passing from Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) to students...things like "Yes, I have." and also "closes" instead of "clothes" and the outright *REFUSAL* to put 's' at the ends of plurals or third-person singular verbs, or use articles, no matter how many times one is reminded. I sometimes wonder if these "features" are some kind of source of national pride, and students continue to do things the way they were originally taught by JTEs out of a sense of loyalty to Great Nippon. Lots of teachers masquerading as "native speakers" from a certain nearby developing country that is absolutely not a native English-speaking country doesn't help matters, and neither do hippie teachers from actual native English-speaking countries who believe there are no grammar rules, that grammar is all subjective, and that "the important thing is that they're communicating..." Or who take centuries-old grammar rules and throw them out the window for ideological purposes, i.e. "If the student forgets their homework, they have to do it in class." *CRINGE*

Anyhow, I agree with the contents of your video. Yes, this is a common mistake.

[samiacristinefalcao]

Thank u so much!! It finish my confusing.

[Melhorescenasdefilmes]

Thanks a lot I’m was very confused about that now is clear

[camillapinheiro]

What about when we're talking about obligation as in "have to + main verb"?

[bluesnowgiftshop]

Can you explain more when to use Do/Have in question?

[اربحوانتنائم]

How is that can be possible?! Can someone explain?! Do come from doing smth but have coming from owning or being through smth so the right answer should be yes i have !!

[vladandrei]

Can someone help me here.

I know when to answer using Yes I do / Have.
But I have another (unrelated, somehow) question:
There is "Have you read the Harry Potter books". Why is it correct "Have you read" and not "Did you read..."?
Another examples might be: "Have you seen that TV show" / "Did you see that TV show"
or "Have you got a raise"  "Did you get a raise"

How do I know when to use Have or Did/do when asking a question? I can't seem to find any video explaining this.