Conjugation of Have and Go

Conjugation of Have | Conjugation of Go

To Have = To show possession / a quality

To Go = to show movement (travel) in a specific direction

Subject	To have	Rest of the sentence
I/you/we/they	have	an old bike.
He/she/it	has	a new car.

Subject	To go	Rest of the sentence
I/you/we/they	go	to attend the class.
He/she/it	goes	to movie on Saturday.

Usually we only add ‘s’ to a verb when we conjugate it in the third person but notice how to have and to go are slightly irregular (though they still both end in ‘s’).

Have and Go in Negative Sentences

To make negative sentence in English with ‘to have’ and ‘to go’ we use ‘don’t’ or ‘doesn’t’ followed by have or go (never has or goes).

Examples:

Affirmative: You have a pen.

Negative: You don’t have a pen.

You will see that we add don’t between the subject and the verb. We use don’t when the subject is I, you, we or they.

Example

Affirmative: He has a pencil.

Negative: He doesn’t have a pencil.

When the subject is he, she or it, we add doesn’t between the subject and the verb to make a negative sentence. Notice that we don’t use the normal third person conjugation (has, goes) in negative sentences. We use the base form of the infinitive as seen below.

Word order of Negative Sentences

This is the word order to construct a basic negative sentence in English in the Present Tense using Don’t or Doesn’t.

Subject + don’t/doesn’t + to have + rest of the sentence

I/you/we/they + don’t + have + bread for lunch.

He/she/it + doesn’t + have + bread for lunch.

Subject + don’t/doesn’t + to go + rest of the sentence

I/you/we/they + don’t + go + for a walk.

He/she/it + doesn’t + go + for a walk.

The verb that goes here is the base form of the infinitive. The infinitive without to before the verb. Instead of the infinitive to have it is just the have part.

Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with to. 

For example, to have, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.

Examples of Negative Sentences with Have

• You don’t have a clue.
• John doesn’t have many friends.
• It doesn’t have four wheels.
• They don’t have the correct answers.
• She doesn’t have a nice dress.

Examples of Negative Sentences with Go

• You don’t go to home.
• Ijaz doesn’t go to parties.
• We don’t go to work on the weekend.
• It doesn’t go fast.
• They don’t go to the beach.
• She doesn’t go to the park.

Questions with ‘Have‘ and ‘Go’

To make a question in English with to have and to go, we normally use do or does at the beginning of the question.

Affirmative: You have a friend.

Question: Do you have a friend?

You will see that we add do at the beginning of the affirmative sentence to make it a question. We use do when the subject is I, you, we or they.

Affirmative: She has a friend.

Question Does she have a friend?

When the subject is he, she or it, we add does at the beginning to make the affirmative sentence a question. Notice that we don’t use the normal third person conjugation (has, goes) in questions. We use the base form of the infinitive as seen below.

Word order of Questions

Here is the word order to construct a basic question in English using do or does.

Do/Does + Subject + Verb + Rest of the sentence

• Do + I + have + a new bike?
• Do + I + go + to home.
• Does +he + have + a new bike?
• Does + he + go + to home.

Examples of Questions with ‘Have‘ and ‘Go’

• Do you have a dictionary?
• Does Julia have a dictionary?
• Do we go to all the meetings?
• Does he go to all the meetings?

Short Answers with ‘Have‘ and ‘Go’

In questions that use do/does it is possible to give short answers to direct questions as follows.

Questions	Short Answer Affirmative	Short Answer Negative
Do you have a car? Do you go to college?	Yes, I do.	No, I don’t.
Do I have time? Do I go to work?	Yes, you do.	No, you don’t.
Do you both have time? Do you both go to school?	Yes, we do.	No, we don’t.
Does it have four wheels? Does it go slow?	Yes, he does.	No, he doesn’t
Does it have four wheels? Does it go slow?	Yes, it does.	No, it doesn’t.

However, if a question word such as who, when, where, why, which or  how is used in the question, you cannot use the short answers above to respond the questions.