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English Grammar: "Have Got" Usage

This document provides information about the differences between "have got" and "have" in British and American English. It explains that "have got" is used in British English where Americans would use "have", and gives examples of sentences using "have got" to show possession, illnesses, and physical descriptions. It then provides exercises for learners to choose the correct verb forms using "have" or "have got" in different sentences.

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English Grammar: "Have Got" Usage

This document provides information about the differences between "have got" and "have" in British and American English. It explains that "have got" is used in British English where Americans would use "have", and gives examples of sentences using "have got" to show possession, illnesses, and physical descriptions. It then provides exercises for learners to choose the correct verb forms using "have" or "have got" in different sentences.

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HAVE GOT

have got (British English) = have (American English)


· I‘ve got a car. = I have a car.
· I haven’t got a car. = I don’t have a car.
· Have you got a car? = Do you have a car?

Be careful with this common mistake!


The verb have got only has a present form (NOT past).
· I had a car. (NOT had got)
· I didn’t have a car. (NOT hadn’t got)
· Did you have car? (NOT Had you got)

HAVE GOT – USE

1. Possession, family
· She‘s got a nice apartment.
· Have you got a computer?
· I haven’t got any brothers or sisters.
2. Ilnesses
· I‘ve got a headache.
· She‘s got a cold.
3. Physical descriptions
· He‘s got brown hair and a long nose.
· They‘ve got blue eyes.
EXERCISES

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB FORMS TO COMPLETE THE


SENTENCES BELOW.
1. _____ a pen?
a. Do you have got
b. Have you got
c. You have got
2. They _____ any children.
a. don't have got
b. don't got
c. haven't got
3. A: 'Have you got a car?'
B: 'Yes, I _____.'
a. have
b. do
c. 've got
4. When we were kids, we _____ many toys.
a. hadn't got
b. didn't have
c. hadn't
5. He ____ a very nice family.
a. 's got
b. have got
c. 've got
6. There is a door here. _____ the key?
a. Have you got
b. Do you got
c. Do you have got
7. They _____ two cats and two dogs.
a. has got
b. 've
c. 've got
8. _____ a question?
a. Have you
b. Do you have got
c. Do you have
9. I _____ the answer to your question.
a. haven't
b. don't have got
c. haven't got
10. I _____ a lot of money at the moment.
a. don't have got
b. don't have
c. haven't

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