Dinner is the evening meal for many people.

The idea

Have dinner means eat the evening meal. Say has dinner with he, she or it.

Examples

  • I have dinner at seven.
  • Maya has dinner with her friends.
  • We have dinner at home on Mondays.
  • Dad and I have dinner after the game.
  • They have dinner in the garden today.
  • Do you have dinner before your class?

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Watch out

Avoid do dinner when you mean eating the meal; say have dinner.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the missing word. We ___ dinner at six. (have / has)

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    have

    have goes with we.

  2. Choose the missing word. Leo ___ dinner with his sister. (have / has)

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    has

    has goes with the singular name Leo.

  3. Choose the missing word. Did you ___ dinner at the hotel? (have / had)

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    have

    have follows did in its base form.

Use it today

Say when and where you have dinner.