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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Find someone who's got…

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing, Here is an insightful worksheet activity to help teach students how
listening and speaking to ask and answer questions with 'have got' and write sentences
activity with 'has got'.

Procedure
Language Focus
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Have got

Has got Tell the students that they are going to practice asking and
answering questions with 'have got'.

Aim Go through the items on the worksheet and have the students
form a 'Have you got...?' question for each one.
To ask and answer
questions with 'have got' Next, ask the students to write three more questions of their own
and write sentences with at the bottom of the worksheet to make the questionnaire more
'has got'. personal.

When the students have finished, they go around the classroom

Preparation asking the questions to one another, e.g. 'Have you got an older
Make one copy of the sister?'
worksheet for each
When a student finds someone who answers 'Yes, I have', they
student.
write down that person's name next to the item.

Level The student then asks a follow-up question (e.g. 'What's her
name?') and writes the answer in the last column.
Pre-intermediate
It is important to tell the students that they can only have the
same name once (or twice). This is to encourage the students to
Time speak to as many different partners as possible.
35 minutes
When everyone has finished, have the students write sentences
about what they found out using 'has got', e.g. 'Emily has got an
older sister. Her name is Abbey'.

Students then report back to the class by reading their sentences

aloud. Any interesting findings can be discussed in more detail.

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 HAVE GOT / HAS GOT

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Find someone who's got…

Find someone who's got… Name More information

...an older sister.

...a favourite singer.

...a new mobile phone.

...a guitar.

...a pet.

...an interesting hobby.

...a big family.

...a website.

...a favourite film.

...a cold.

...a skateboard.

...a part-time job.

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