Common English Verbs: HAVE and HAVE GOT
Channel: Espresso English
Date: 2012-10-27

There are two ways to make the negative form of the verb HAVE or HAS:

    Don't have / Doesn't have
    Haven't / Hasn't

When "have" is the main verb (meaning possession), then the negative form is "don't have / doesn't have."

When "have" is the auxiliary verb (like in the present perfect) then use "haven't / hasn't":

Either "have" or "have got" can be used when "have" is the main verb (in the case of possession):