Has Have Had Exercises

Have you ever felt confused about when you can use the verbs has, have or had? Many others also feel the same while using these verbs in sentences. Very often, new language learners seem to use these verbs incorrectly. To help you check how far you have understood their usage, you can work out the exercises given in this article.

Has Have Had Exercises with Answers

For a quick recap of the usage of these verbs, go through the following.

• Has, have and had are used as main verbs, among which ‘has’ and ‘have’ indicate the present tense and ‘had’ indicates the past tense.
• These verbs function as helping verbs to represent the perfect tenses. ‘Have been’ and ‘has been’ denote the present perfect tense and ‘had been’ denotes the past perfect tense.
• With third-person pronouns, the verb used is ‘has’; with first and second-person pronouns and plural nouns/pronouns, the verb ‘have’ is used.

Now, find out how good you are with verbs has, have and had.

Exercise 1 – Use ‘Has’ or ‘Have’

Fill in the blanks with ‘has’ or ‘have’.

1. Rima ___ a function to attend.
2. Draco ___ a dog named Max.
3. The girl ___ curly brown hair.
4. The child ___ a beautiful bicycle.
5. Rita ___ your bag.
6. Do you ___ Sam’s contact number?
7. I ___ a little box of jewellery.
8. They __ a little house by the beach.
9. The house ___ no extra rooms.
10. The children ___ their own dresses.
11. Rio and Ira ___ watched Avengers Endgame.
12. The boys ___ a big basketball.
13. I ___ a brother and sister.
14. Tina ___ a superhero toy.
15. The girls ___ arranged this party.
16. The dog ___ been serving the police for years.
17. The tree ___ grown very big.
18. They ___ gone to the amusement park.
19. He ___ not slept the whole night.
20. I ___ completed my homework.

Answers for Exercise 1

1. Rima has a function to attend.
2. Draco has a dog named Max.
3. The girl has curly brown hair.
4. The child has a beautiful bicycle.
5. Rita has your bag.
6. Do you have Sam’s contact number?
7. I have a little box of jewellery.
8. They have a little house by the beach.
9. The house has no extra rooms.
10. The children have their own dresses.
11. Rio and Ira have watched Avengers Endgame.
12. The boys have a big basketball.
13. I have a brother and sister.
14. Tina has a superhero toy.
15. The girls have arranged this party.
16. The dog has been serving the police for years.
17. The tree has grown very big.
18. They have gone to the amusement park.
19. He has not slept the whole night.
20. I have completed my homework.

Exercise 2 – Use ‘Has’ and ‘Had’

Fill in the blanks with either ‘has’ or ‘had’.

1. The boys ___ a fight yesterday.
2. The baby ___ a blanket.
3. The dog __ an injury, but now he’s fine.
4. I ___ rabbits when I was young.
5. Tia ___ an ear infection.
6. India ___ many states.
7. My uncle ___ a white coat which he used to wear.
8. The tiger ___ sharp claws.
9. The girl __ broken her leg a few months ago.
10. Natasha ___ a sweet smile.
11. The children ___ a lot of fun last night.
12. His grandparents ___ passed away a long time ago.
13. William Shakespeare ___ written many plays before his death.
14. ___ the baby fallen asleep?
15. The girl ___ a purple dress that she wears every Monday..

Answers for Exercise 2

1. The boys had a fight yesterday.
2. The baby has a blanket.
3. The dog had an injury, but now he’s fine.
4. I had rabbits when I was young.
5. Tia has an ear infection.
6. India has many states.
7. My uncle had a white coat which he used to wear.
8. The tiger has sharp claws.
9. The girl had broken her leg a few months ago.
10. Natasha has a sweet smile.
11. The children had a lot of fun last night.
12. His grandparents had passed away a long time ago.
13. William Shakespeare had written many plays before his death.
14. Has the baby fallen asleep?
15. The girl has a purple dress that she wears every Monday.