Can: Se utiliza para expresar habilidad, oportunidad o falta de estas, para pedir y ofrecer permiso o ayuda, para indicar posibilidad o imposibilidad.
Ejemplos:
- I can fix a a car (Habilidad)
- I can't write with my left hand. (Falta de habilidad).
- She can get a scholarship in a good college. (Oportunidad).
- Can I have friday free? (Solicitud de permiso).
Have: Se utiliza para indicar posesión y en algunas ocasiones sustituye a los verbos "get" y "take".
Have/Has
I
You He
We → Have She ⇀ Has
They It
We → Have She ⇀ Has
They It
Ejemplos:
- I have a red car.
- You have a nice apartment.
- We have so much in common.
- They have a 2 years old baby.
- She often has a massage to relax.
- He always has breakfast at 6:00 am
- It has a beautiful color.
Had: Es la forma pasada del verbo "have" y se utiliza con el mismo fin, sin embargo debe ser utilizado para hablar solo de periodos de tiempo ya terminados. Se utiliza con todos los sujetos o pronombres, es decir, no cambia cuando se trata de "he, she, it" o algún otro pronombre o sujeto.
Ejemplos:
- I had my first baby at age 27.
- She had a great vacation in France.
- We had good plans for today, but it rained.
Ejerecicios:
1. Indique el uso:
- Can I go to the bathroom? (Help /Opportunity/Ability/Permission/Possibility)
- I can open a restaurant with this loan. (Help /Opportunity/Ability/Permission/Possibility)
- She can dance salsa. (Help /Opportunity/Ability/Permission/Possibility)
- Can you tell me what's the time? (Help /Opportunity/Ability/Permission/Possibility)
- You can drop your phone, be careful. (Help /Opportunity/Ability/Permission/Possibility)
- I can carry your bags for you. (Help /Opportunity/Ability/Permission/Possibility)
2. Coloque el pronombre correcto:
- ____ has a big piano in her house.
- ____ always have a good book with me.
- ____ have a spider on the shoulder.
- ____ has no money in his bank account.
- ____ has a flat tire.
- ____ has a surprise for her father.
- Congratulations, guys! ____ have a beautiful baby.
3. Indique la forma correcta del verbo have (have/has/had):
- I____ a great time in your house the other day.
- She____ a surgery last week. She is in the hospital.
- We____ a great idea for the graduation party, let's rent a limousine.
- Jonathan ____ a new car, but he crashed it on the first ride.
- She____ no idea of how to make pasta.
- I ____ a feeling she is the right one.
- I ____ weird dreams whenever I eat chocolate before I go to bed.
- I ____ a very unusual nightmare on friday night. I fell and fell without end.
