Basic English Have/Has

Name __________________________________________ Date ______________

Look at the picture and write a affirmative sentence with have or has.

I
I have a dictionary.

You
by
Unknown
Author is
We licensed
under

He

She

Diane
by
Unknown
Author is
Steve and licensed
Deb under

My sister
and I

Our
classroom

Daddy

Uncle Tom
In this fun present simple game, students make affirmative statements with have, take and go verb-noun
collocations. The students are divided into groups of three and each group is given a set of dominoes. The
students shuffle the dominoes and deal out six each, leaving the rest in a pile face down. The students
then turn over the top domino from the pile and place it face up on the table. The first player makes a
verb-noun collocation by placing one of their dominoes at either end of the domino on the table. If the
player successfully makes a verb-noun collocation, they say a true present simple affirmative sentence
with the collocation, e.g. 'I have a shower every morning'. The other group members judge the player's
sentence. If the sentence is grammatically correct, the student leaves the domino where it is. If the
sentence is wrong, the player picks up the domino and keeps it. The next player then tries to put down
one of their dominoes at either end of the domino chain and so on. If a player cannot put down one of their
dominoes, they take a domino from the top of the pile, put it down and make a sentence if they can. The
first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins the game.
In this rewarding present simple game, students make affirmative and negative statements about their
routine activities. Each group of three is given a chart showing days of the week and parts of the day. The
students are also given a set of verb cards and noun cards. A verb card is put face down in each empty
square of the chart. The noun cards are dealt out evenly. Students then take it in turns to turn over a verb
card on the chart. If the verb matches with one of their noun cards, the student makes a true present
simple affirmative or negative statement about what they do or don’t do at that time and day. For example,
a student turns up the verb 'go' on the square representing 'Wednesday morning', matches it with the
noun 'cycling' and says, "I don’t go cycling on Wednesday morning." If the group agrees that the sentence
is grammatically correct and appropriate, the student puts their noun card on top of the verb card. The
next student then turns over a verb card and so on. If a student cannot match one of their noun cards with
the verb on the chart, the verb card is turned back over and play passes to the next student. The aim of
the game is to be the first student to get rid of all their noun cards. The first student to do this wins the
game.
In this entertaining present simple activity, students match verbs and nouns together to make collocations
and then make true and false present simple affirmative and negative statements using the collocations.
The students then play a present simple true or false guessing game with the sentences. Each student is
given a copy of the worksheet. The students begin by matching verbs with nouns/noun phrases on their
worksheet. The students then write 12 present simple affirmative and negative statements about
themselves using the verb-noun collocations from the first exercise. Half the sentences should be true and
half should be false. When the students have finished writing, they are divided into pairs. Students then
take it in turns to read one of their present simple statements and their partner decides if it's true or false.
Students score one point for each correct guess. The student with the most points at the end of the game
is the winner.