OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR
31 THE VERB HAVE
A Have and have got
Look at these examples.
HAVE
We have three cats.
Emma has toothache.
Daniel doesn't have a car.
Do you have the address? ~ Yes, I do.
HAVE GOT
We've got three cats.
Vicky has got blue eyes.
I haven't got any money.
Have you got a ticket? ~ No, I haven't.
Here have and have got mean the same thing. We can normally use either
form. But have got is more
informal. Note that we do not use have got in short answers (No, / haven't.).
B Forms
NEGATIVE
QUESTION
PRESENT TENSE
have
I/you/we/they have
he/she/it has
I/you/we/they don't have
he/she/it doesn't have do
I/you/we/they have?
does he/she/it have?
PAST TENSE
have got
I/you/we/they have got OR I/you/we/they've got

1 Have and have got (A-B)
Look at the pictures and write positive or negative sentences with have or
have got.
Use these objects: a car, a map, a rabbit, a ticket, an umbrella

► He's got a ticket, OR He has a ticket.
1 3 .................................
2 4 ..........................................
2 Have and have got (A-B)
Complete the dialogue. Put in the negative or question forms.
Use have got for the present and have for the past.
David: (►) Have you got a bike?
Mike: Yes, but I don't ride it very often.
David: (1) ........... it ......... lights on?
Mike: Yes, why?
David: Can I leave my bike here and take yours? Mine
(2)………………………………. any lights. It
(3) ……………………………… any when I bought it. I meant to get some
last week, but I
(4) .................................... time.
Mike: But it's raining now. And you (5)....................………………… a coat.
I'll drive you home, David.
3 The action verb have (C)
What does have mean in these sentences? Choose from these verbs: drink,
eat, play, receive, spend
► Mark never has breakfast. has = eats
1 We've just had a game of tennis. had =
2 My father has a cup of cocoa every evening, has =
3 We've just had three weeks in Morocco. had =
4 Claire had lots of presents on her birthday. had =