Have got

Have got

Exercise 1

Choose the correct verb forms to complete the sentences below.

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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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Have got: Form

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

The verb have got is a common form used in the UK, mainly when people are speaking. In the US, people use the verb have.

• 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 got a car.
• I had a car.
• I hadn’t got a car.
  
• I didn’t have a car.
• Had you got car?
  
• Did you have car? 

Have got: Use

Possession, family

• She‘s got a nice apartment.
• Have you got a computer?
• I haven’t got any brothers or sisters.

Illnesses

• I‘ve got a headache.
• She‘s got a cold.

Physical descriptions

• He‘s got brown hair and a long nose.
• They‘ve got blue eyes.