I Have a Great Family

Present Tense Verbs: Have and Has

Use the verb have with the pronouns I, you, we, and they.

Use the verb has with pronouns he, she, or it.

Photograph of a man and two older children preparing food together in a kitchen

Hi, I’m Robert. I have a sister. I don’t have any brothers. We have a big house. It has four bedrooms. My dad has an office in our house.

Oral Language Practice

Read each sentence. Add have or has. Then say the sentence.

    Example

  • 1. She has a brother.

  • 1. Photograph of a woman with her arm around a boy (a brother perhaps)

    She _____ a brother.

  • 2. Photograph of four people at a picnic, two adults and two children

    They _____ two children.

  • 3. Photograph of a smiling woman standing behind a smiling boy

    He _____ an aunt.

  • 4. Photograph of an older woman and younger woman smiling at each other

    “I _____ a wonderful grandmother!”

  • 5. Photograph of a small house (a cottage)

    The house _____ two bedrooms.

  • 6. Photograph of baby being bottle-fed by an older girl as younger girl looks on

    The sisters _____ a new brother.

Written Practice Illustration of the pen icon

7.–10. Write 4 sentences about people in your family. Use have or has. Take turns sharing sentences with a partner.

    Example

  • 7. I have a brother.