Unit 4.2
To have: Common Expressions: use
Verbs
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Use
The use and meaning of the verb to have depends on the noun that follows it.
We use to have in most common expressions like:
- Have + a dream, a drink, a meal, a rest, a shower, breakfast, coffee, dinner, lunch, tea…;
- Have + a bad day, a bad time, a good day, a good time, a good journey, a nice day…;
- Have + a conversation, a fight…;
- Have + a look, a try…
Example
- I have a shower every morning.
I don’t have a shower every morning. - Have a good journey!
Don’t have a good journey! - The two brothers have a fight.
The two brothers didn’t have a fight. - She had a look at the book.
She didn’t have a look at the book.
