{"id":4519,"date":"2019-09-29T05:44:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T00:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stvisapro.com\/?page_id=4519"},"modified":"2019-09-29T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T04:39:19","slug":"grammar-rules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stvisapro.com\/index.php\/grammar-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Grammar Rules for IELTS:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><a id=\"had-possession\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The use of &#8220;Had&#8221;.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>I had a blue and red pen.<br \/>\nShe had a good teacher last year.<br \/>\nHe had a dog.<br \/>\nWe had a big dinner.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;d money.<br \/>\nYou had English classes two years ago.<br \/>\nHad Julia too much work?<br \/>\nI had a test this morning.<br \/>\nThey had lunch at noon.<br \/>\nWe had homework last night.<br \/>\nWe had leftover tonight.<br \/>\nThe whole family had the flu.<br \/>\nHadn&#8217;t The child a nightmare?<br \/>\nAudrey had a cold.<br \/>\nSophie had a dinner at my house.<br \/>\nHad He a heart attack?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><a id=\"has-have-possession\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The use of &#8220;Has and Have&#8221;.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p align=\"left\">We use &#8220;has and have&#8221; to show possession.<\/p>\n<p>have<\/p>\n<p>Have is used with some pronouns and plural nouns:<br \/>\n<em>I have a great English teacher.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You have toothpaste on your chin.<br \/>\nWe have a meeting at 12.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Nurses have a difficult job.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>has<\/p>\n<p>Has is used with the third person singular. For example:<br \/>\n<em>She has a great personality.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>He has a new haircut.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The washing machine has a leak in it.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It has a hole near the door.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>contractions<\/p>\n<p>I have = I&#8217;ve<br \/>\nyou have = you&#8217;ve<br \/>\nwe have = we&#8217;ve<br \/>\nthey have = They&#8217;ve<br \/>\nhe has = he&#8217;s<br \/>\nit has = it&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>negative contractions<\/p>\n<p>has not = hasn&#8217;t<br \/>\nhave not = haven&#8217;t<br \/>\nhad not = hadn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;have&#8217; and &#8216;has&#8217; in questions<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you been to Australia?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Has Andrew left yet?<br \/>\nWho has my pen?<br \/>\nHas anyone seen my mobile phone?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;have got&#8217; and &#8216;have&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Both &#8216;have got&#8217; and &#8216;have&#8217; mean the same thing. There is no difference.<\/p>\n<p>I have got an i-phone.&#8217; = &#8216;I have an i-phone.<br \/>\nYou have got a message.&#8217; = You have a message.<br \/>\nShe has got no time to sleep.&#8217; =&#8217;She has no time to sleep.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><a id=\"could-have\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The use of &#8220;Could have&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">We can use &#8216;could have&#8217;\u00a0 to talk about something somebody was capable of doing but didn&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>I could have gone to Oxford University but I preferred Harvard.<\/li>\n<li>She could have married him but she didn&#8217;t want to.<\/li>\n<li>They could have bought a house here 20 years ago but chose not to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">Often, there is a sense of criticism.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>You could have phoned me to let me know.<\/li>\n<li>They could have helped me instead of just sitting there.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I could have done more to help you. Sorry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">We can use &#8216;couldn&#8217;t have&#8217; to talk about something we were not capable of doing.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>I couldn&#8217;t have managed without you.<\/li>\n<li>I couldn&#8217;t have got the job. He was always going to appoint his nephew.<\/li>\n<li>I couldn&#8217;t have enjoyed myself more. Thank you for a lovely day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">We can use &#8216;could have&#8217; to speculate about what has happened. (We can also use &#8216;may have&#8217; or &#8216;might have&#8217; in these situations.)<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>She could have taken the earlier train.<\/li>\n<li>Simon could have told her.<\/li>\n<li>They could have overheard what we said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">We can also use &#8216;can have&#8217; to speculate about what has happened but only in questions and negative sentences and with words such as &#8216;hardly&#8217;, &#8216;never&#8217; and &#8216;only&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>Can she have forgotten about our meeting?<\/li>\n<li>He can&#8217;t have seen us.<\/li>\n<li>They can hardly have thought that I was not interested in the job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">We can also use &#8216;could have&#8217; to speculate about something that didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>You could have broken your neck, jumping out the window like that.<\/li>\n<li>He could have hurt somebody, throwing a bottle out of the window like that.<\/li>\n<li>I could have done well in my exam if I&#8217;d worked harder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"style29\" align=\"left\">You can also use &#8216;could have&#8217; to talk about possible present situations that have not happened.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>I could have been earning a lot as an accountant but the work was just too boring.<\/li>\n<li>He could have been Prime Minister now but he got involved in a big financial scandal.<\/li>\n<li>They could have been the market leaders now if they had taken his advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammar Rules for IELTS: . The use of &#8220;Had&#8221;. I had a blue and red pen. She had a good teacher last year. He had a dog. We had a big dinner. They&#8217;d money. You had English classes two years ago. Had Julia too much work? I had a test this morning. 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