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Have got and have

Have got and have mean the same. Have got is more common. We use have
(got) here to refer to both verbs:

Have and have got = possess, own, etc.


AFFIRMATIVE
He has a new car

He has got a new car

He’s got a new car (Contraction)

She has two brothers

She has got two brothers

She’s got two brothers


Have got and have
NEGATIVE
I have not a new car

I have not got a new car

I haven’t got a new car


(Contraction)

She has not two brothers

She has not got two brothers

She hasn’t got two brothers


(Contraction)
Have got and have
INTERROGATIVE (In the third person)
Does he have a new car?
(Auxiliary)

Has he got a new car?

He has a new car. (Affirmative)


He doesn’t have a new car
He hasn’t got a new car. (Negative)

Does she have two brothers?


Has she got two brothers?

She has got two brothers


She doesn’t have two brothers
She hasn’t got two brothers
Have got and have
AFFIRMATIVE (In the first person)

I have a headache.
I have got a headache.
I’ve got a headache.

Negative (In the first person)

I don’t have a headache.


I have not got a headache.
I haven’t got a headache.
Interrogative
Do you have a headache?

Have you got a headache?


Exercises in the virtual class
1) Take note and complete the chart using “got” all
subject pronouns. Follow the example

Conjugation Full form Contraction


I have I have got I’ve got
You have (singular) You…. …………..
He, She, it has He, She, it……. …………
We have We…. ………….
You have (plural) You…. …………..
They have They…. …………….
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/gra
mmar-vocabulary/grammar-practice/have-got

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/have-
got-mixed.htm

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