have, be, or do?

have, be, or do?

The verbs have, be and do can be both full (main) verbs and auxiliary (helping) verbs.

Full verb - have

• I have a Honda motorbike.

• She has three brothers.

• They didn't have any breakfast this morning.

• The hadn't arrived when we had the meeting.

Auxiliary verb have

• Have you seen the new James Bond movie?

• Before the weather changed I had had a great time.

• Has the cat been fed yet?

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Full verb be

• I am a teacher

• The weather was very hot yesterday.

• She isn't there right now.

Auxiliary verb - be

• She's working today.

• He wasn't using the right tool.

• They have been studying hard.

Full verb - do

• I did 40 km on my bike today.

• My brother never does any housework

• What did you do last night?

Auxiliary verb do

• Do you like action movies?

• When does the plane take off?

• How did you find the meal?

• They didn't visit England this year because of Covid 19.

Complete this sentence with the correct form of have, be or do. Is it a full or auxiliary verb?

• They .... finished supper when we arrived.

• They had finished supper when we arrived. Auxiliary

• We ... pizza for supper last night.

• We had pizza for supper last night. Full

Look at Ex 6 Page 7 of the workbook

• Enter the correct form of the verb and write F for Full or A for Auxiliary verb.

• e.g.

• 1) had, A

• 2) had, F

Fill in the Blanks

3. It

been a lovely day.

Fill in the Blanks

4. I

my homework very quickly yesterday evening.

Fill in the Blanks

5. I always

a shower after work.

Fill in the Blanks

6. I

always had a passion for Lebanese food.

Fill in the Blanks

7. Fatima overslept, so she

catch her train.

Fill in the Blanks

8. What have you

to your hair? You look awful?

Fill in the Blanks

9. What

your new boss look like?

Fill in the Blanks

10. This self-portrait

painted by Van Gogh.

Fill in the Blanks

11. My car

being repaired at the moment.

Fill in the Blanks

12. I hate

the washing-up. I'd like a dishwasher.