Exercise 2

Make questions and give short answers. Use both British English (B.E.) and American English (A.E.) patterns.

Example:

They have a garden.
Question			Answer
B.E.	Have they a garden?		Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t.
A.E.	Do they have a garden?		Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.

1. Squirrels have tails.

2. An elephant has a tail too.

3. People have upper and lower extremities.

4. A man’s hand has a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger

and a little finger.

5. George has not a dog.

6. Some parents have problems with their kids.

7. I haven’t a daughter.

8. Every man has his hobbyhorse.

9. You have a Japanese camera.

10. She always has a headache.

11. These company employees have lunch in the nearest cafe.

12. They have a son and two daughters.

13. He has a good job.

Exercise 3

Make sentences negative. Use haven’t / don’t have, hasn’t / doesn’t have or no.

Example:

She has a computer.

  

She hasn’t a computer. She doesn’t have a computer. She has no computer.

1. They have a grandfather.

2. My elder brother has a wife.

3. We have an English lesson.

4. I have a good friend.

5. You have a wonderful house.

6. My cat has little kittens.

7. They have a lot of money.

8. Their friend has a car.

9. I have a sore throat.

10. That patient has a temperature.

11. We usually have breakfast together.

Exercise 4

Write no instead of not. Mind the use of the article.

Example:

• They haven’t a house.

• They have no house.

He hasn’t a wife. Mary hasn’t a cat. I haven’t a banana. They haven’t children. You don’t have cornflakes for breakfast. 6. He has influenza.

She doesn’t have enemies. We haven’t a radio. My son doesn’t have a tooth cavity. 10. You haven’t any relatives in Kiev. 11. He has not books on philosophy. 12. I haven’t a shower every evening.

Exercise 5

Write hasn’t a / doesn’t have a or haven’t a / don’t have a.

Example:

We have no radio.

 

We haven’t a radio. We don’t have a radio.

Sandra has no coat. He has no cigarette. You have no pencil. We have no washing machine. Russia has no Tsar. This book has no Supplements. He has no electronic watch. They have no grandchildren. 9. She has no racing bike.

10. I usually have no big breakfast in the morning. 11. I find having no car inconvenient. 12. This is a museum of European arts. It has no exhibits from Egypt. 13. A basketball team has no goalkeeper. 14. I have no ticket to New York.

Past Indefinite Exercise 6 a Picnic on Sunday

They went on a picnic last Sunday. Write what each one of them had.

	Apples	Oranges	Pears	Sandwiches	Coke	Milk
Jean	3		2	2	1
Mike		2		3		2
Don & Jim	2		3	2	3
Helen	1	3			2	1
Carol		1	2	2	2

1. Jean .. had three apples, two pears, two sandwiches and one …..

..bottle of Coke. She didn’t have any oranges or milk. ………….…

2. Mike ……………………………………………………………………………….

3. Don and Jim ……………………………………………………………………..

4. Helen ………………………………………………………………………………

5. Carol……………………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 7

Look at exercise 6. Then ask questions and give short answers as in the example.

Short Answers	Yes,	I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they	Did.
	No,	I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they	Didn’t.

1. (Jean / milk?) .. Did Jean have any milk? No, she didn’t. …….……..

2. (Jean / pears?) ……………………………………………………………………

3. (Mike / oranges?) …………………………………………………………………

4. (Mike / milk?) ………………………………………………………………………

6. (Mike / apples?) …………………………………………………………………..

7. (Don and Jim / milk?) …………………………………………………………….

8. (Carol / pears?) …………………………………………………………………..

Exercise 8