Section 1: Be and Have [Page 1]Online version Grammar Summary by Lady Cat Cat 1 Be (am/are/is/was/were) [Page 1] Be (am/are/is/was/were)- We can use adjectives, nouns or expressions of place after be.She is late.I'm hungry.Are you a doctor?Is everybody here?- We use a special structure with be - there is - to introduce things: to say that they exist.There's a strange woman at the door.There are some letters for you.- Be can be an auxiliary verb in progressive tenses (see page 23) and passives (see page 94).She is working.It was made in Hong Kong. 2 Have (have/has/had) [Page 1] Have (have/has/had)- We can use have or have got to talk about possesion, relationships and some other ideas.Do you have a car?I don't have any brothers or sisters.Ann has got headache.- And we can use have to talk about some kinds of actions.I'm going to have a shower.What time do you have breakfast?- Have can also be an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses (see Section 5)I haven't seen her all day.We knew that he had taken the money. 3 Examples: Examples:- To be or not to be, that is the question (Shakespeare: Hamlet)- Is there life before death? (Seamus Heaney)- If you'be got everything, you've got nothing (Leni MacShaw)- There's a thin man inside every fat mat (George Owell)- You can have it all, but you can't do it all (Michelle Pfeiffer)- When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old (J.B. Priestley)
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