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have without do: have got Have you got a cat?

l/you/we/they have got he/she/it has got
U have l/you etc got? has he/she/it got?
D l/you etc have not got he/she/it has not got

Contractions: I've, he's etc; haven't, hasn't

We often use got with have, especially in spoken English, and especially in the present.
This does not change the meaning: we use have/has got like have/has to talk about possession etc.
• / have got is the same as / have.
• Have you got? is the same as Do you have? (We don't use do/does with have got.)
• She hasn't got is the same as She doesn't have.
I've got a cat. Has she got a dog? (NOT Does she have got...)
I haven't got a car. She's got a sister. You've got beautiful eyes. Have you got a cold?

^ Write about John's possessions etc.
► a bicycle: / ...................................................

► suits-2 Hte's got two suits.

► a horse-X got a[horse.

► any children:/

1 brothers: 2 ..........................................................................................
2 a car:/ ..........................................................................................
3 dogs: 3 ..........................................................................................
4 a dictionary: / ..........................................................................................
5 longhair:/ ..........................................................................................
6 any sisters:/ ..........................................................................................

^ Write three sentences about your possessions etc, and three about the possessions
of a friend or relation.

1 I've g o t................................................................ 4 ........................................................
2 ............................................................................. 5 ........................................................
3 ............................................................................. 6 ........................................................

To make questions (?) with have got, we put have/has before the subject.
STATEMENT Q : / have got a cold. Harris got a fast car. Amy and Juan have got tickets.

QUESTION Q : Have you got a cold? Has Harry got a fast car? Have Amy and Juan got tickets?

Beth and Tom have got a lot of money. Ask questions with have got.
► they / big house .. .......................................

1 they / big garden ..........................................................................................
2 Beth/good job ..........................................................................................
3 Tom/big car ..........................................................................................
4 they /plane ..........................................................................................

5 they/any horses ..........................................................................................

Past forms with got (/ had got etc) are unusual. We don't use got in the future.

She had a fast car. (MORE NATURAL THAN She had got a fast car.) I will have.

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full BE AND HAVE 11
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.