Unit 9I HAVE……

AND

I ‘VE GOT…

Why?

“have” / “have got” is used to indicate possession. In the case of third person singular, “has” / “has got” is used instead. So, we have the following table:

• I have, I have got ( = I’ve got)

• you have, you have got ( = you’ve got)

• we have, we have got ( = we’ve got)

• they have, they have got ( = they’ve got)

• he has, he has got ( = he’s got)

• she has, she has got ( = she’s got)

• it has, it has got ( = it’s got)

…more examples:

• I have a pen. / I have got a pen. = I’ve got a pen.

• You have a dog. / You have got a dog. = You’ve got a dog.

• We have a new car. / We have got a new car. = We’ve got a new car.

• They have problems. / They have got problems. = They’ve got problems.

The negative is formed this way:

• have ==> do not have ( = don’t have)

• have got ==> have not got ( = haven’t got)

• has ==> does not have ( = doesn’t have)

• has got ==> has not got ( = hasn’t got)

…more examples in negative:

• I don’t have any money.

• We don’t have time.

• They don’t have a clue. ( = They don’t understand at all.)

• She doesn’t have blue eyes.

• He doesn’t have pets.

For “have / has,” questions are formed with “Do/Does” and switching the order of subject and verb:

• I have … ==> Do I have …?

•you have … ==> Do you have…?

•we have … ==> Do we have …?

•they have … ==> Do they have …?

Note that in the third person singular, “has” changes to “have” for the question:

•he has … ==> Does he have …?

•she has … ==> Does she have …?

•it has … ==> Does it have …?

For “have got / has got,” questions are formed by switching the order of “have / has” and subject:

• I have got … ==> Have I got …?

•you have got … ==> Have you got …?

•we have got … ==> Have we got …?

•they have got … ==> Have they got …?

Here, third person singular keeps “has” for questions:

•he has got … ==> Has he got …?

• she has got … ==> Has she got …?

• it has got … ==> Has she got …?

Examples:

•Have you got a knife I could borrow?

•Have they got any milk?

•Has she got an idea?

Now, shut down your computer and lets go back to the room.