Why no perfect tense for these?
Why are these no all present perfect tense?
I have to see a doctor.
I have a cat.
We have seen that movie.
I have time for a meeting today.
They have a nice car.
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"have" is a verb with two functions:
a) main verb e.g. I have a car (have=own)
b) auxiliary verb for the formation of some tenses e.g. I have seen my friend three times this week (present perfect simple)
In a) there is only one verb form "have" - this tells you that "have" is the main verb and this often means "own".
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You'll want to use Present Perfect tense for the following :
Describing accomplishments
To describe a continuing action that started in the past
To describe an experience
To describe a change over a period of time.
The sentence examples do not fit into the Present perfect.
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