• VERB “HAVE GOT” USES ‘Have’ indicates ‘possession’ (You can have got a car, a dog, a book…), but we also use it for: describing people: I have got brown hair and blue eyes illnesses and pains: What’s the matter with you? Oh, I’ve got a fever and a headache meals: We have breakfast at 8 o’clock and have lunch at half past one hygiene: She has a shower everyday family: Sally has got two brothers and one sister FORM Present Simple affirmative
Present Simple negative*
Present Simple interrogative*
I have got (I’ve)
I have not got (haven’t)
Have I got?
You have got (You’ve)
You have not got (haven’t)
Have you go?
He / She / It has got (He’s) He / She / it has not got (hasn’t) Has he / she / it got? We have got (We’ve)
We have not got (haven’t)
Have we got?
You have got (You’ve)
You have not got (haven’t)
Have you got?
They have got (They’ve)
They have not got (haven’t)
Have they got?
Past Simple affirmative
Past Simple negative*
Past Simple interrogative*
I had got
I had not got (hadn’t)
Had I got?
You had got
You had not got (hadn’t)
Had you got?
He / She / It had got
He / She / it had not got (hadn’t) Had he / she / it got?
We had got
We had not got (hadn’t)
Had we got?
You had got
You had not got (hadn’t)
Had you got?
They had got
They had not got (hadn’t)
Had they got?
*VERY IMPORTANT: You can also find: ‘I don’t have…’, ‘Do you have…?’, ‘She didn’t have…’ Both forms are possible I haven’t got a car = I don’t have a car Had she got a book? = Did she have a book? With ‘do’, ‘don’t’, ‘did’, etc. we don’t normally use GOT
1.- Complete these sentences with “have” or “had” and one of the following expressions
2.- Rewrite these sentences in the negative form Example: I have got a book: I haven’t got a book
1.- She had a nice dog ________________________________ 2.- They have got a house next to the beach __________________________ 3.- He has got three sisters _________________________________________ 4.- You had a headache _______________________________________ 5.- I have got brown hair and blue eyes ___________________________
3.- Write interrogative sentences Example: I have got a book: Have I got a book?
1.- She had a fast car ________________________________ 2.- They have got some oranges __________________________ 3.- He has got a new bike _________________________________________ 4.- You had a fever _______________________________________ 5.- My home has got three bedrooms ___________________________
4.- Change these sentences into “past simple” Example: I have got a book: I had a book
1.- She has a farm next to the city ________________________________ 2.- They have got beautiful animals __________________________ 3.- He has got a funny dog _________________________________________ 4.- You had a toothache _______________________________________ 5.- My home has got nice flowers in the garden ___________________________