English Expressions with 'HAVE'

"Have" is one of the most common verbs in the English language. It can be used to express so much more than just possession. In this essential English lesson, I look at many expressions that use the verb "have", such as "have dinner", "have a drink", "have a problem", "have a baby", "have a great time", and more. We will also look at how to conjugate the verb in each of these expressions. For example, would you say, "I have coffee" or, "I am having coffee"? Both of these are correct in different scenarios. Watch the lesson to learn more!

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Yes, I did the laundry. Yes, I had breakfast today. Okay, I'll talk to you later. Bye. Yeah, love you too. Okay, bye.

That was my mom, sorry. Oh, hey. How's it going? I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on "Expressions with 'Have'". So, "have" is one of the most common verbs in the English language, and I know most of you know, you know, that you can use it for possession, but there are also a ton of other things and a ton of other expressions that we use with this verb. So, today, I will look at some of these expressions.

First, let's say: "He has", "He had", "He will have", we have the present, the past, the future; "I have", "I will have", "I had". And, like I said, possession, here: "He has a car", "He had a PS4", "He has a son", or "He will have a son", if his wife or his girlfriend is pregnant, for example. So, here we have possession, something that belongs to you or is yours. Or if you have a family member, like: "I have two sisters, three brothers", etc. This is similar in most languages.

Next: "I have a headache", or "I have a backache", or... I'm not going to say this, so I'll say: "He has cancer". So, if you are talking about a pain, or an illness, or a disease, you can also use the verb "have", so: "I have a headache", "I have a backache", "I have an earache", and a wide variety of pains that you have, you know, on your body.

And here are some other ones that... You know, common expressions we have. You can say: "Teacher, teacher, I have a question." So, you can have a question. The teacher will, hopefully, have an answer. "I have an idea." You can have a question, you can have an idea. "I have something to say." You can have something to say.

So, all of these, what you'll notice is they are all in a simple tense, and they can also be used in the perfect tenses, but there are some expressions that you can use in the simple tenses, and you can use in the perfect tenses, but you can also use them in the continuous tenses. So, for example, possessives, most of you probably know you cannot say: "I am having a car." You can only say: "I have a car." That's it. All right.

Next, let's look at some where you can use the continuous tenses; past continuous, present continuous, future continuous, or the simple or perfect tenses. So, you can say: "I have" or "I am having breakfast", "lunch", or "dinner". So, when you are talking about meals that you eat during times of the day, use "have", and you can say: "I'm having lunch now.", "I'm having breakfast now.", "I'm going to have dinner with my mom." I'm going to have dinner with my mom later. It's true. All right.

You can use this for drinks, like: "I have coffee every morning." Okay? Or: -"Hey, what are you drinking?" -"I'm having juice." Or: -"What would you like?" -"Mm, I will have water." Okay? Or beer, like: "I'm having a beer." You can have a beer; drink a beer.

And next, food, in general. "A sandwich", "pizza", "a bowl of cereal", anything you can eat, you can say: "I'm having pizza for lunch today.", or "I had pizza for lunch.", or "I'm going to have a sandwich later." Okay? So, meals, drinks, food - all can use the verb "have". And I know some of this is repetition from my eating vocabulary video, so you can check that out, too, for more information like this.

All right, next, some other common things, common expressions with the verb "have". You can say: "I have a problem." or "I'm having a problem." So, imagine that, you know, I record, I make videos, this thing isn't working. I'm having a problem with my video camera. And you can "have a great time" doing something, like: "Oh, I'm having a great time making this movie that we're doing today." So, let me put this away. A little noise in the background for you guys, makes it more real. And you can say: "I'm having a great time" if you are at a party, for example.

If you are taking a course and people ask you: "How are you doing? Are you enjoying it?" You can say: "It's really difficult. I'm having a hard time understanding my teacher.", or "I'm having a hard time remembering the information or the material." So, hopefully, you're having a great time watching this video.

And, next, you can "have a good day" or "have a bad day". And again, you can use the continuous tenses to talk about this. -"How is your day going?"

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