Do you have the door keys. help please

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Hello TeachersI am Mom are about to leave home.a/ Mom: Do you have the door keys.b/ Mom: Do you have the door keys with you.c/ Mom: Do you take the door keys with you.d/ Mom: Do you bring the door keys with you.d/ Mom: Do you carry the door keys with you.which are correc?Here "have" can mean "take" or "carry"  ?  and "have" is more spoken? Thanks a lot

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

a/ Mom: Do you have the door keys? OK.

b/ Mom: Do you have the door keys with you? OK.

c/ Mom: Do you take the door keys with you? No. But Did you take ... (when you left)? OK.

d/ Mom: Do you bring the door keys with you? No. But Did you bring ...? OK.

d/ Mom: Do you carry the door keys with you? OK. But it means Do you always carry them with you?

Don't forget that the simple present connotes a regular habit.

Do you (always) take the keys with you (every time you leave the house)?

Do you (always) bring the keys with you (every time you come here)?

CJ

Holyduke · Answer

I am Mom are about to leave home. --> (My) mother and I are about to leave home.

a and b are ok, with you is optional. (best of the answers) ("have" has a natural continuous meaning)

C. Did you take the door keys with you? (take does not have natural continuous meaning, therefore it has to be in the past tense or a very weird meanig of as a habit. Since the situation is your mother and you leaving the house, you cannot use habit in this case)

D. Did you bring the door keys with you? (same problem as take)

E. NO, this doesn't work.

have is the best, take and bring is ok. I would use "bring" after you have left the house.

Jacky56Lin · Answer

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