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Exceptions with have and be

rules but there are two exception verbs have and be the verb have changes in the he she it form i have you have he has she has it has we have they have and you should already kn...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Present simple rulesSubtitles: en

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affirmative

8:54

rules but there are two exception verbs

8:58

have and be the verb

9:01

have changes in the he she it form

9:05

i have you have he

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has she has it has

9:12

we have they have and you should already

9:15

know the verb to be

9:16

which is i am you are he

9:19

is she is it is we are

9:23

and they are to learn the negative

9:26

of the present simple let's return to

9:30

our example verb read remember this is

9:33

personal pronoun

9:35

plus the verb so how do we convert this

9:38

from an affirmative sentence into a

9:41

negative sentence

9:43

we insert an extra verb the technical

9:46

term for this

9:47

is an auxiliary verb and this

9:50

verb is do or in the negative

9:54

don't and this would be i don't

9:58

plus the infinitive form

10:01

of the verb so we do not change this

10:04

verb

10:05

i don't read you don't read

10:09

for he

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