To be / have got - Which one to use?

Task 1 – Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the appreciate verb (to be or
have got).
1) Our postman ________________ a big bag.
2) This ________________ my umbrella.
3) I ________________ an umbrella.
4) Today ________________ Susan’s birthday.
5) Susan ________________ birthday today.
6) These ________________ his photos.
7) Steve ________________ seven photos.
8) This ________________ our small house.
9) We ________________ a small house.
10) Sean ________________ a brother and a sister.
11) Harry ________________ a brother.
12) Tony ________________ Mary’s brother.
13) I ________________ Jerald Service.
14) Sheryl ________________ a horse.
15) Cary ________________ 14 years old.
16) I ________________ fine, thanks.
17) My mother ________________ from the USA.
18) You ________________ brown hair.
19) Betsey and Ralph ________________ in the garden.
20) Todd ________________ a new teacher. His name ________________ Mr. Gruber.

Task 2 – Write sentences using the given
words and “to be” or “have got”.
e.g. Ken * not * happy.  Ken isn’t happy
1) Jimmy * not * a bike.
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2) my father * 40 years old.
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3) you * my address?
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4) her name * Ellen Cox.
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5) we * a big house.
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6) I * not * a mobile phone.
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7) the Taylors * at the shops.
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8) Mr Smith * red apples.
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9) the camera *not * in the car?
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10) Jennifer * our new teacher.
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Task 3 - Put the words in the correct
order to get a sentence. Use the correct
form of the verbs.
1) Oliver / she / to be / Kelly.
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2) dogs / to have got / friendly / they?
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3) I / the / in / to be / garden.
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4) not / to be / children / the / happy?
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5) a / Tom / television / to have got?
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6) to have got / and / a / Nora / Chris / spider.
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7) we / sisters / to be / not.
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8) a / his / car / to have got / grandparents /
blue.
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9) Peter’s / at school / not / son / to be.
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10) aunt / Mike an / not / have got.
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Task 4 – Correct the following sentences.
1) That hamster are brown.
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2) Linda is a pet.
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3) Mike isn’t got a sister.
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4) Sandra’m a teacher.
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5) The dog are a ball.
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6) There is six pens in my pencil box.
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7) Sylvie and Jeremiah isn’t cousins.
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8) The school not got lots of desks.
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9) Our parents are got a shop.
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10) We haven’t got thirteen.
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Task 6 - Write short compositions about
Maria Perez Bravo, whose data are here.
Use “to be” and “have got”.
Name Maria Perez Bravo
Age 19
Nationality Spanish
Marital status unmarried
Job student
Hair brown, long
Eyes brown
Favourite object a picture of her family
Pet 6 fish
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Task 5 - Write short compositions about
Tom Slay, whose data are here. Use “to
be” and “have got”.
Name Tom Slay
Age 25
Nationality English
Marital status married
Job teacher
Hair red, short
Eyes blue
Favourite object watch
Pet budgie
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Task 7 - Write a similar composition
about yourself as in task 5 or 6.
Picture of yours
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Task 8 – Write as many sentences as you can about the pictures with the given words.
Look at the example.
e.g.: Sabrina – a computer This is Sabrina. Her name is Sabrina. She has got a computer. This is her
computer.

1) Douglas Crews – a fish – a cat ___________________________________________

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2) Edward Morel – a bike __________________________________________________
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3) Hattie Floyd – a book _____________________________________________________
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4) Tiny – a house ___________________________________________________________
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5) Rose Sell – a friend ______________________________________________________
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6) Mr Kincaid – a dog _______________________________________________________
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7) The Lewins – balloon _____________________________________________________
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8) We - a Christmas tree ___________________________________________________
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9) I – a car ______________________________________________________________
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10) you – an umbrella _________________________________________________________
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11) They –a boat ________________________________________________________
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12) chicken – an egg _________________________________________________________
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