GRAMMAR: Have and have got
a. Have and Have got are two ways to express possession in English. But there are some differences.
Remember
1) is more common in British spoken English. Don’t use it in formal letters or texts.
2) We use have got especially in these cases:
1. They have got a new car. possession
2. She has got a brother and a sister. family ties
3. My uncle has got a big nose. physical characteristics
4. I have got a terrible headache. Illnesses
3) Be careful: the construction of have and have got is different in negative and interrogative sentences:
Have Have got
You don’t have a house. You haven’t got a house.
They don’t have a dog. They haven’t got a dog.
She doesn’t have a boyfriend. She hasn’t got a boyfriend.
Do you have a house? Have you got a house?
Do they have a dog? Have they got a dog?
Does she have a boyfriend? Has she got a boyfriend?
► In negative and interrogative sentences with have got we don’t use the auxiliaries DO/DOES.
4) Remember! When the verb have means eat, drink, do etc., don’t use have got.
E.g. I have (= drink) coffee during my breaks. NOT I
have got coffee during my breaks.
b. Watch
the video to revise the rules and find more examples: