HAVE, HAS, HAD

Ketiga kata kerja have, has dan had berarti mempunyai, yang mempunyai dua fungsi,  yaitu:

1.     Sebagai Full Verb atau kata kerja penuh

Have, has dan had adalah kata kerja yang artinya mempunyai, ketiga verb tersebut berbeda dalam penggunaannya.

HAVE digunakan pada simple present tense dan digunakan untuk mengikuti subjek seperti (I, you, we, they dan subjek lebih dari satu orang seperti The students).

Contoh:

-          I have a lot of friends

-          They have good teachers

HAS juga digunakan pada simple present tense, namun khusus mengikuti subjek seperti (she, he, it,  orang tunggal seperti the student).

Cotoh:

-          She has a lot of boyfriends

-          The student has English dictionary 

HAD digunakan pada simple past tense dan mengikuti semua subjek. Contoh:

-          I had much money last Monday

-          She had a lot of friends when she was in Ngabang

2.     Sebagai Auxiliary Verb atau kata kerja bantu

Have, has dan had disini mempunyai arti “sudah”. Dan digunakan pada tenses Perfect tense. Contohnya:

-          I have studied English three time a week (Present perfect tense)

-        We have been staying in the hotel since two days ago. (Present Perfect continuous tense)

-      She would have bought a new house if she had had a lot of money. (Conditional sentence, Past perfect)

Adapun penggunaan Have, has dan had sebagai auxiliary verb mengikuti rumus masing-masing tenses, seperti

-          S + Have/Has + Verb 3 + Object  (Present Perfect tense)

-          S + Have/Has + Been + Verb + Ing (Present Perfect Continuous tense)

-          S + Had + Verb 3 + Object (Past Perfect tense)