have / has got

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have / has got (positive)

I’ve
have
gotgot four brothers and one sister.

ME! She ’s
has
gotgot three books.

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have / has got (negative)

I haven’t
have notgot
got a tablet.
blonde!

She has
hasn’t
notgot
got black hair.

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have / has got (questions and short answers)

?
You’veyou
Have gotgot
a football ?.
a football No, I haven’t.

She’s gotgot
Has she a bike ?.
a bike Yes, she has.

They’ve
Have gotgot
they a car?.
a car No, they haven’t.

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have / has got in action

Have you got a big family? Yes, I have. I’ve got two
brothers and two sisters.
Have you got any pets? No, we haven’t. But my
grandmother’s got a cow.
A cow!?
Yes! He’s got a black white body and
Has your grandmother got a pink nose. He’s called Monty.
only one cow?
Yes, Monty hasn’t got any
friends – he’s a dirty cow!
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GET IT RIGHT!

All my friends have

has got
gotbikes.

Tim hasn’t agot

tablet.

Do
Have
they
they
have got a cat?

Has she got

a laptop?

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 Can you remember the rules?
have / has got (positive and negative)
• We use have / has got to talk about possession.
I’ve got a bicycle. (= There is a bicycle and it is my bicycle.)
He’s got a problem. (= There is a problem and it is his problem.)
• We use have got with I/you/we/they. We use has got with he/she/it. In
speaking and informal writing, we often use the short forms: ’ve got / ’s got.
I’ve got a tablet. My mother’s got black hair and blue eyes.
• The negative form is hasn’t / haven’t got.
This town hasn’t got a park.
They haven’t got a car.

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Can you remember the rules?
have / has got (questions)
We make questions with Has/Have + subject + got. Short answers
use has/have or hasn’t/haven’t. Remember that we don’t use
contracted forms in positive short answers (e.g. NOT: Yes, I’ve.)

Have you got my book? Yes, I have.

Has your father got brown hair? Yes, he has.
Has the shop got any new DVDs? No, It hasn’t.
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Guess who?!

Mark Anna Lucy Ben

Kate Roger Oliver Freddie

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Friends
1 Describe your best friend.
2 Who do you know that has got a big smile? (Why?)
3 Describe a famous person. Can your partner guess who it
is?
4 What do you do when a friend’s got a problem?
5 Describe someone in your class. Can your partner guess
who it is?
6 What makes a good friend?

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Acknowledgements
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the sources of all the material used, or to trace all copyright holders. If
any omissions are brought to our notice, we will be happy to include
the appropriate acknowledgements on reprinting and in the next
update to the digital edition, as applicable.
The publishers are grateful to the following illustrator:
Christos Skaltsas (hyphen) Slides 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9
Written by Emma Szlachta.
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