I'm having a drink

(= I'm drinking: dynamic)

/ have a drink every evening before dinner.

(= I drink: dynamic)

Have got can never replace have used as a dynamic verb.

2 Have in the sense of 'take', etc. is used like any other English verb.
This means that:

- questions and negatives in the simple present and simple past
must be formed with do, does and did:
Do you have milk in your tea? I don't have milk in my tea
Did you have a nice holiday? I didn't have a nice holiday

Compare have meaning 'possess':

Have you (got) any milk in your tea? (= Is there any?)

/ haven't (got) any milk in my tea (= There isn't any.)

- it occurs freely in all active tenses as the context permits, but passive forms are rare: e.g. a good time was had by all

- the passive infinitive sometimes occurs in: e.g. / tried to buy some extra copies of this morning's newspaper, but there were none to be had (i.e. they were not available)

3 There are no contracted forms of have (= 'take', etc.) as a full verb in the simple present and simple past: / have a cold shower every morning (Not 'I've...') Compare have, meaning 'possess': / have/I've/I've got a new shower in my bathroom

4 The present and past perfect tenses of have involve the use of have as both auxiliary verb and main verb. For this reason, the present perfect and past perfect forms are given in full below.

10.34 Form of the simple present perfect of 'have' = 'take'

affirmative short fo rm negative short fo rms  
/ have had I ve had I've not had = I haven't had
You have had You've had You've not had = You haven't had
He has had He's had He's not had = He hasn't had
She has had She's had She's not had = Shehasn't had l
It has had Its had It's not had = It hasn't had
We have had We've had We've not had = We haven't had
You have had You've had You've not had = You haven't had
They have had They've had They've not had = They haven't had

'Have' (= something other than 'possess')

10.35 Form of the simple past perfect of 'have' = 'take'


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