If you master this ONE word, you will speak English with EASE! | 20-minute HAVE Masterclass

Hello, lovely students, and welcome back to English with Lucy and to my second

official masterclass.

This masterclass is all about the verb 'to

have,' and by the end of this video, you will know pretty much everything you'll

ever need to know about this incredibly common verb.

'Have' can refer to possession, relationships, and characteristics.

It forms perfect tenses and causative structures, collocates with more nouns

than you can believe, and is also a delexical verb.

'A what,' I hear you ask.

Don't worry, I'll explain everything in

this masterclass!

Ah, something I should mention:

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Okay, this is going to be quite a long

lesson, so I'm going to tell you exactly what you can expect.

First, I'll talk briefly about the verb

forms, and then we'll look at using 'have' to form perfect tenses and causative structures.

Then, I'll describe how we use 'have' after modal verbs in conditional sentences and

to talk about obligations.

Then, I'll talk about the meanings of

'have' as a main verb and how we use it as a delexical verb.

Finally, I'll give you five phrasal verbs, five collocations, and 5 idioms

with 'have'—15 in total.

I know that's a lot, but when you have

finished watching this video about 'have', you will never have to watch another one.

This is it right here, so let's get started.

We will begin with verb forms.

'Have' is the base form.

For third-person singular subjects—'he,'

'she,' or 'it'—we use 'has'.

The past simple and the past participle

is 'had.'

I'm going to talk about auxiliary and

main verbs in this video.

'Have' can be both.

Auxiliary verbs come before main verbs and they don't add meaning.

They are there to form different grammatical structures.

We use 'have' like this to form perfect tenses.

An example—'I have eaten.'

In contrast, main verbs carry meaning and refer to states, actions, or events.

For example—'I have a dog.'

We're going to look at auxiliary verbs first.

We often contract 'have' and its forms when it's an auxiliary verb.

For example—'I have'='I've.'

'She has.

She's. They had.

They'd.'

How do we use 'have' as an auxiliary verb?

Well, first, the perfect tenses.

We use 'have' plus past participle to form

the present perfect and the past perfect tenses.

First, I want to talk about the present

and past perfect simple tenses.

The structure is 'have,' 'has,' or 'had' plus

the past participle.

'Have' and 'has' are used in the present

perfect, and 'had' in the past perfect.

We use the present perfect simple in

three main ways.

Firstly, to talk about life experiences:

'He has been to New Zealand.'

Secondly, to talk about things that

started in the past and continue to the present.

For example—'I've known her for several years.'

And third, to talk about a past action with present consequences.

'I have just eaten, so I'm not hungry.'

We use the past perfect simple to talk

about things that happened before another past event or before a point in the past.

For example—'We had finished all of our work, so we went to the pub.'

I have a video about perfect tenses in English.

I will put the link in the description box.

Now, I want to talk about the present and past perfect continuous tenses.

The structure of these tenses is 'have,' 'has,' or 'had been' plus -ing verb.

For example—'You've been waiting for hours.'

Or: 'She has been reading the same book

for weeks.'

Or: 'Pete had been going out with Alex for

years before he proposed.'

Finally, we use the past perfect in

reported speech.

In reported speech, we report what

someone said and we often shift back one tense.

So, present perfect and past simple both

become past perfect.

An example—'I've lost my keys,' she said,

becomes—She said that she had lost her keys.

Past perfect remains past perfect because

we can't shift it further backwards.

For example—'I'd been feeling unwell,'

said Ollie.

Ollie said he had been feeling unwell.

Second section, the next use of 'have' that I want to talk about is in causative structures.

We use the causative when we talk about causing or persuading people to do things

or making something happen.

In passive causative sentences, the

structure is 'have' plus  object plus past participle.

For example—'We are having the kitchen renovated.'

You can replace 'have' with 'get' with no change in structure or meaning, though

'get' is more informal.

You might already know about this from my

Get Masterclass, which I will also link in the description box.

That was another long one, but so important!

The example with 'get'—'We are getting the

kitchen renovated.'

Both structures are common in British English.

We often use them to say—'We are paying someone for their services.'

Section three, let's talk about when we see 'have' after modal verbs.

You can only use the base verb 'have,' not 'has,' not 'had.'

Let's talk about deductions.

You can use 'have' plus past participle

after 'must,' 'may,' 'might,' 'could,' 'can't,' or 'couldn't' to make deductions about the past.

For example—'He might have woken up late.' Or: 'They can't have seen our messages.'

Ideal past, we use 'should have' plus the past participle to talk about things that

were ideal in the past but didn't happen.

There is sometimes a feeling of regret.

'Should have' is often pronounced /ˈʃʊdə/ in informal, fast speech.

An example—'You /ˈʃʊdə/ come to the party.

It was so much fun.

You should have come.

You /ˈʃʊdə/ come.'

Past possibility—you can use 'could have' plus past participle for things that were

possible in the past.

For example—'She could have become an

engineer if she had studied harder.'

Criticism—we also use 'could have' to

express criticism or disapproval.

In fast speech, 'could have' is often

pronounced—can you guess it?

/ˈkʊdə/ 

'You /ˈkʊdə/ told me you  weren't coming for dinner.

You /ˈʃʊdə/ called!

You should have called!'

Last one—the future.

We use 'will have' plus

past participle in the future perfect simple tense to say that an action will

be complete or will happen before a time in the future.

For example—'I will have finished the

book by next weekend.'

You'll also see this structure in the

future perfect continuous tense with an -ing verb to talk about an action that

will continue to a time in the future.

For example—'I will have been learning

English for 7 years by December.'

Section four—conditionals.

I want to discuss using 'have' and its forms in conditional sentences.

I need your help here.

Can you fill in the gaps?

'If you _ (not come) last night,  I would _ (be) disappointed.'

Pause the video if you need, or are you

ready for the answer?

'If you had not come last night, I would

have been disappointed.'

Which conditional is this?

It's the third conditional.

We always use 'had' and 'have'  in the third conditional.

The if clause is followed by the past perfect—'had not come'—and the result  

clause contains a modal verb, often 'would', followed by 'have' plus past

participle—'would have been'.

You'll often hear 'would have' pronounced

/ˈwʊdə/ in fast speech, /ˈʃʊdə/, /ˈwʊdə/, /ˈkʊdə/.

'Have' and 'had' are also used in mixed

conditional sentences, and I've put some examples of those in the "Have Ebook",

link in the description.

'Have' can be used in zero, first, and

second conditional sentences, but it's not part of the form.

Again, there are examples of this in the PDF.

Number five—obligations.

We can use 'have to' to talk about obligations.

An obligation is something we must do.

We often use 'have to' when the obligation to do something comes from outside the speaker.

Note that it's 'have to,' but sometimes in fast speech we make the informal

contraction /ˈhæf tə/, /ˈhæf tə/, or you will hear /ˈhæf tə/.

'You /ˈhæf tə/ do this.'

For example, when someone tells us to do

something, the form is 'have to' plus base verb.

An example—'I have to finish this report

by tomorrow.

My manager told me to do this.'

In modern usage, we also use 'have to' when we're talking about things we think are

necessary to do.

For example—'I have to cook dinner tonight.

I've had takeaways for the past 3 days.'

Notice that I said 'have to'.

I'm almost adding a huff.

I /ˈhæf tə/ do it.

You can use 'have got to' with the same meaning as 'have to' in sentences in the

present tense.

'Have got to' is less formal than 'have to'.

For example—'We've got to  order lunch for everyone.'

In negative sentences, 'don't have to'

means something is not necessary.

You have a choice if you want to do it or not.

For example—'You don't have to help me set up for the meeting tomorrow. But you

can if you want to!'

Or: 'Oh, you didn't have to buy us a

present! But thank you.'

Number six.

Does that work?

Number six—we use 'had better to' talk

about actions people should do in the present or future.

Don't be fooled by 'had.'

'Had better' doesn't refer to the past.

It's a stronger, more urgent expression than 'should' to talk about the best thing

to do.

There might be negative consequences if

the person doesn't do it.

For example—'You'd better ask Carrie

before you make any changes.

Or Carrie might be angry.'

Or: 'I'd better leave now to make sure I don't miss the bus.'

Many proficient speakers don't say 'had' or apostrophe 'd' at all.

You'll hear a lot of people saying better.

'Better tidy up before mum gets home'—for example.

This is in casual spoken English.

Don't use it at work.

Don't use it in an exam.

Now, let's talk about the uses of 'have' as

a main verb.

First, I want you to do a matching exercise. Match the example sentence to the usage. 

I am going to give you 5 seconds, but pause if you need to.

The 4 sentences are:

'I have a new car.'

'I have 4 siblings.'

'He has a sore throat', and 'My dog has

beautiful eyes.'

The 4 usages for you to match to each

sentence are illness, physical characteristic, possession, and relationship.

Five seconds, off you go!

Okay, are you ready for the answers?

Here we are.

'I have a new car'—shows possession.

'I have 4 siblings'—relationship.

'He has a sore throat'—illness, and 'My dog

has beautiful eyes'—physical characteristic.

How did you do?

So, as a main verb, we use 'have' to talk about possessions, relationships,

illnesses, and characteristics.

With these meanings, 'have' is a state verb,

which means we don't use it in continuous tenses.

We also don't usually contract 'have' when

used this way.

For example, it would be wrong to say—'I'm

having a new car.'

'I have a new car'—in this case.

'I've 4 siblings,' this is incorrect or it sounds extremely old-fashioned.

It's better to say—'I have 4 siblings.'

In speech and in formal writing, we often

use 'have got' instead of 'have' with this meaning in British English.

In this case, 'have' is an auxiliary verb, and you will often see it contracted.

We generally only use 'have got' in the present tense.

'We've got two children. I've got a cold.'

Now, let's move on to events,  actions and experiences.

We can use 'have' to talk about things like events, actions, and experiences.

In this case, 'have' is a delexical verb.

The main meaning is in the noun in the

sentence, not in the verb 'have'.

We can use 'have' in continuous tenses.

Here are some topics that we often use 'have' plus noun to talk about:

. One—meals and drinks.

We can use 'have' in place of the verbs 'eat' or 'drink' before nouns like breakfast, a

snack, a cup of tea, a swig, which is a quick drink of something.

Two—talking and disagreements.

We can use 'have' before lots of nouns that

have meanings related to talk and disagreements.

For example—'have a  discussion', 'have a squabble.'

'A squabble' is a noisy argument about something minor.

'To have a chinwag', a friendly conversation.

Three—washing and treatments.

We often talk about washing and beauty treatments with 'have'.

For example—'have a shower', 'have a massage', 'have a soak', which is a long bath.

And four—resting.

We talk about resting with 'have'—'to have

a nap,' 'to have a day off,' 'to have a breather,' which is a short break.

Sometimes you can remove 'have' plus noun and replace it with a single-word verb.

'Have' plus noun is often preferred in more colloquial speech.

For example—'We had a discussion about it.

We discussed it.'

'Are you going to have a shower?

Are you going to shower?'

'My son usually has a nap in the afternoon.

My son usually naps in the afternoon.'

Okay, we're at the fun bit.

We are at our top 5 sections!

I'm going to teach you 5 phrasal verbs with 'have,' 5 collocations with 'have,'

and 5 idioms with have.

Let's start with the phrasal verbs.

Number one—'to have somebody on,' 'to have somebody on.'

If you 'have somebody on,' you try to make someone believe something is true when

it's not, usually as a joke.

It's often used in a continuous tense,

and this is a particularly informal phrasal verb.

For example—'That can't be true!

Are you having me on?'

Number two is to 'have something on,' 'to have something on.'

If you 'have something on,' you are wearing it.

'Have' is not used in continuous tenses in

this phrasal verb.

'I had shorts on, so I was freezing!'

Number three—'to have somebody over,' 'to have somebody over.'

If you 'have somebody over,' you invite them to your home.

'We're having some friends over tomorrow'— for example.

Note that an alternative for this in British English is to 'have someone round.'

Number four—'to have something in,' 'to have something in.'

This means to have a supply of something.

'Do we have any milk in?'—for example.

Number five—'to have something back,' 'to have something back.'

If you 'have something back,' you receive something you lent out or you receive

something that was taken from you.

For example—'Can I have that pen back

when you're finished with it?'

Okay, collocations!

Let's look at five collocations with 'have,' and it's quiz time.

I'm going to give you 5 sentences and 5 words to fill in the gaps.

I'm going to give you 5 seconds, but please pause this video if it's not enough.

The sentences are as follows:

Number one—'She doesn't have (a or an) _

about the party we're planning for her birthday!'

Number two—'I never had (a or an) _ for spicy

food until I went to India last year.'

Number three—'My son had (a or an) _ because

he wasn't allowed 15 scoops of ice cream.'

Number four—'Thank you so much for

inviting us.

We had (a or an) _,' and number five—'She had

(a or an) _ on the ski slopes yesterday and broke her leg.'

The options are tantrum, accident, clue, blast, and liking.

I'll give you five seconds.

Okay, are you ready for the answers?

Here they are.

Number one—'She doesn't have a clue about

the party we're planning for her birthday.'

Number two—'I never had a liking for

spicy food until I went to India last year.'

Number three—'My son had a tantrum

because he wasn't allowed 15 scoops of ice cream.'

Number four—'Thank you so much for inviting us.

We had a blast,' and number five—'She had an accident while skiing and broke her leg.'

Let's go through those together.

Number one is 'to not have a clue' or 'to

have no clue.'

This is also an idiom.

It means not knowing about something or not being able to remember something.

Another example—'I don't have a clue where I left my keys.'

Number two—'to have a liking for.'

This simply means that you like something

or you have a feeling that you like something.

For example—'Elliot has a liking for fine dining.'

Number three—'to have a tantrum.'

If you 'have a tantrum,' you have a short,

sudden period of uncontrolled anger.

Tantrums are usually associated with children.

For example—'Alicia had a tantrum when her mum wouldn't buy her a toy.'

Number four—'to have a blast.'

This wonderful collocation means to have

a really good time.

'I had a blast at the concert last night.'

And number five—'to have an accident.'

You might already know this collocation.

'An accident' is something bad and unintended that happens, like a car crash

or a fall.

If you 'have an accident,' you are involved

in it.

For example—'We had an accident while

driving home last night.'

Finally, we are getting to the end now! We are onto idioms.

I have five for you.

Number one—'and what have you.'

This idiom, really cool actually!

I don't think I've ever taught this one before.

This idiom means 'and other similar things

or people.'

Very common in British English.

An example—'There were sandwiches, sausage rolls and what have you.'

Other similar things.

It's like saying 'etc.,' 'and what have you.'

Other things.

Number two—'to have it in  you,' 'to have it in you.'

This means to be capable of doing something or having a particular quality,

and it can be followed by 'to do something.'

For example—'I don't think he has it in

him to sing on stage.'

Number three—'to have something down to a

fine art.'

If you 'have something down to a fine art,'

you are skilled at it because you have done it so many times.

For example—'We have our 4 kids bath and bedtime routines down to a fine art.'

Note: you will often see this as 'have got something down to a fine art.'

Number four, I love this one—'to have a bone to pick with someone,' 'to have a 

bone to pick with someone.'

I have a strong memory of my mum saying this to me when I was a child and really

not understanding what it meant.

If you 'have a bone to pick with someone,'

you have an issue to discuss with someone often because they've done something annoying.

For example—'I have a bone to pick with you.

Why did you tell the boss I was thinking

about quitting?'

And number five, our last one, I'm

actually nearly emotional about that—'to have somebody eating out of your hand.'

If you 'have someone eating out of your hand,' you have made them very willing to

do or think what you want them to.

For example—'She has her students eating

out of her hand.'

Oh my word, we have come to the end of

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