Conjugation of the verb have in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb have in English.

Conjugation of the verb have in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I have
  • you have
  • he|she|it has
  • we have
  • you have
  • they have

Present Continuous

  • I am having
  • you are having
  • he|she|it is having
  • we are having
  • you are having
  • they are having

Present Perfect

  • I have had
  • you have had
  • he|she|it has had
  • we have had
  • you have had
  • they have had

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been having
  • you have been having
  • he|she|it has been having
  • we have been having
  • you have been having
  • they have been having

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb have in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I had
  • you had
  • he|she|it had
  • we had
  • you had
  • they had

Past continuous

  • I was having
  • you were having
  • he|she|it was having
  • we were having
  • you were having
  • they were having

Past perfect

  • I had had
  • you had had
  • he|she|it had had
  • we had had
  • you had had
  • they had had

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been having
  • you had been having
  • he|she|it had been having
  • we had been having
  • you had been having
  • they had been having

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb have in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will have
  • you will have
  • he|she|it will have
  • we will have
  • you will have
  • they will have

Future continuous

  • I will be having
  • you will be having
  • he|she|it will be having
  • we will be having
  • you will be having
  • they will be having

Future perfect

  • I will have had
  • you will have had
  • he|she|it will have had
  • we will have had
  • you will have had
  • they will have had

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been having
  • you will have been having
  • he|she|it will have been having
  • we will have been having
  • you will have been having
  • they will have been having

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to have

Present participle

  • having

Past participle

  • had

Perfect Participle

  • having had

The imperative in English, for the verb to have

Imperative

  • have
  • let's have
  • have

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