CORNER 8

ACADEMIA

TO BE AND HAVE GOT

TO BE (Present Simple)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be.

1.- My parents _____ from Santander.

2.- My wife _____ a teacher.

3.- It _____ five o’clock. Time to have tea.

4.- My cousin lives in Madrid. He _____ an engineer.

5.- My son _____ (not) five years old. He _____ seven.

6.- Hollywood ______ in Spain. It ______ in America.

7.- Look at the time! John and Susan _____ late.

8.- I _____ Jose and this ______ my friend Chema. We _____ from Spain.

9.- Seville _____ in the south of Spain. It ____ very hot in summer.

10.- It ____ a beautiful day.

11.- They ______ (not) at home. They _____ at the cinema.

12.- There _____ a bus to Madrid at seven o’clock.

13.- ______ you a teacher? No I ______. I ______ a police officer.

14.- There ______ some good cafés in the centre of the town.

15.- ____ your daughter hungry? No, she _____. She _____ thirsty.

16.- How ____ you, Peter? I _____ fine, thanks.

17.- This watch ______ (not) very expensive.

18.- What ____ your name? My name ____ Paul.

19.- My dad ______ really good at cooking.

20.- There _____ lots of trees in my street. They _____ beautiful.

21.- The dictionary ______ (not) on the shelf. It _____ on the desk.

22.- There ____ a spider in the bath. It _____ (not) very big.

23.- ______ there any good restaurants in this town?

24.- What ____the weather like today, _____ it warm or cold?

25.- How old ____ your brother?

26.- What day ____ it?

27.- _____ the Niagara Falls in France? No, they _____.

28.- _____ there an underground in Santander. No, there _____

29.- We _____ (not) interested in computers.

30.- Hello, _____ you from here? No, we _____.

31.- _____ Brussels and Strasbourg in Italy? No, they _____.

32.- There ______ two bottles of water on the table.

33.- My key _____ in my pocket. It ____ in a safe place.

34.- How much _____ this watch? It ____ 157 €.

35.- How many continents _____ there. There ____ five.

HAVE GOT
1 Complete with have got or has got.

He has got fair hair.

1 I ____________________________ blue eyes. 2 We ________________________ a black dog.

3 Alfie _________________________ short hair. 4 You ___________________________ freckles.

5 Ruby __________________________ long hair. 6 They _____________________ a nice teacher.

2 Make negative sentences.

I have got long hair. I haven’t got long hair.

1 I have got red hair. _______________________ 2 Jack has got two sisters. ___________________

3 We have got a blue car. ___________________ 4 She has got a new CD. ____________________

5 They have got green T-shirts. _______________ 6 You have got freckles._____________________

3 Complete the questions.

Have you got freckles?

1 ________ Jake ________ blue eyes? 2 ________ we ________ red pencil cases?

3 ________ I ________ a new teacher? 4 ________ it ________ short hair?

5 ________ they ________ glasses? 6 ________ Lucy ________ a black pen?

4 Complete the short answers to exercise 3.

No, I haven’t.

1 ________, ________ has. 2 No, ________ ________.

3 ________, ________ have. 4 Yes, ________ ________.

5 ________ ________ haven’t. 6 No, ________ ________.

5 Write questions.

You have got a new bike. Have you got a new bike?

1 Mike has got a blue bag. ______________________________________

2 The cat has got green eyes. ______________________________________

3 We have got a big classroom. ______________________________________

4 I have got long hair. ______________________________________

5 They have got glasses. ______________________________________

Complete the sentences with the negative,affirmative or question form of have got.

You have got two brothers.

1 Liz _____________________ short, red hair. +

2 We _______________________ a big family. -

3 _____________ they ___________ a red car. ?

4 I __________________________ blue eyes. -

5 _________ you _________ a new classroom. ?

6 That cat ________________ long, white hair. +

Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the appreciate verb ( to be or to have got).
e.g.: I have got a banana.

She is Anne Smith.

1. Our postman _______________ a big bag.

2. This __________________ my umbrella.
3. I _________________ an umbrella.
4. Today _________________ Susan’s birthday.
5. Susan ___________________ birthday today.
6. These ____________________ his photos.
7. Steve__________________ seven photos.
8. This ______________________ our small house.
9. We __________________ a small house.
10. Sean ____________________ a brother and a sister.
11. Harry ____________________ a brother.
12. Tony ____________________ Mary’s brother.
13. I _____________________ Jerald Service.
14. Sheryl ____________________ a horse.
15. Cary _____________________ 14 years old.
16. I _____________________ fine, thanks.
17. My mother ______________________ from the USA.
18. You _________________ brown hair.
19. Betsey and Ralph ________________ in the garden.
20. Todd _____________________ a new teacher.
21. His name ________________ Mr. Gruber.
PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
A. Write the words in the correct spaces.

We have got a big class. Our class is big. (we / our)

1 ________ hair is dark. ________ have got dark hair. (you / your)
2 ________ have got a nice teacher. ________ teacher is nice. (they / their)
3 ________ mobile phone is new. ________ has got a new mobile phone. (she / her)

B. Complete the sentences with possessive adjectives.

Has your brother got fair hair? Yes, my brother has got fair hair.

1 Is Sara’s mobile phone new? No, _______ phone is old.

2 Is Fred’s dad from England? No, ________ dad is from Scotland.

3 ________ hair is short. You look nice with short hair.

4 We’ve got a new car. _________ new car isblue.

5 Will and Lara speak German. ________ mother is German.

6 The cat is beautiful. ________ eyes are blue.

C Complete the text with pronouns and possessive adjectives.

Beyoncé Knowles is a singer and an actress. She has got a sister named Solange. Solange is

(1) _______ younger sister. (2) ______ is a singer, too. Beyoncé and Solange’s have got the same

manager. (3) ________ manager is their father! And (4) ________ mother designs clothes. (5) ________

designs clothes for (6) ________ two famous daughters. Beyoncé is married to Jay-Z. (7)

_______ is a rapper. (8) _______ music is sometimes very different to Beyoncé’s music

D. Possessive ’s
4 Write sentences with the prompts. Use the possessive ’s or ’.

Jessica / pencil case  Jessica’s pencil case is yellow and blue.

1 The teacher / desk  _________________________________ is big.

2 Grace / cat ________________________ is called Tiddles.

3 The boys / shoes _______________________________ are dirty.

4 James / calculator ______________________ is in his school bag.

5 My parents / bicycles ____________________ are next to my bicycle.