Les contraccions d'aquestes formes són:
I/you/we/they have.............I/you/we/they've
He/she/it has.............He/she/it's
El verb "to have" pot utilitzar-se com a verb ordinari i té el significat de "tenir":
- I have a car...........Jo tenc un cotxe
- She has a friend.........Ella té un amic
La forma negativa, es construeix afegint not al darrera el verb, i també té una contracció:
- I have not........I haven't
- You have not....You haven't
- She/He/It has not..........She/He/It hasn't
- We have not.........We haven't
- You have not......You haven't
- They have not..........They haven't
En el cas de les interrogatives canviarem l'ordre de l'oració posant primer el verb "to have" i posteriorment el subjecte:
Have I?
Have you?
Has she/he/it?
Have we?
Have you?
Have they?
El verb "to have" també s'utilitza com a auxiliar de les formes compostes
