Have and Have Got
100% Original Practice Test
Talk about games, club facilities and personal possessions at a community board-game club. Study the guide, practise 44 questions, then use what you know in four short speaking tasks.
Your Quick Grammar Guide
At the community board-game club, members talk about the things they own, the people in their group and the facilities they use. Think about the meaning first, then choose a complete pattern. For present possession, English often uses have / has or have got / has got.
1. How to Form It
Have alone
Use have with I, you, we and they. Use has with he, she, it or one person.
Positive: subject + have / has
Example: Mina has a green team badge.
Negative: subject + do not / does not + have
Example: Mina does not have a locker key. (Mina doesn’t have a locker key.)
Question: Do / Does + subject + have …?
Example: Does Mina have a locker key?
Short answers: Does Mina have a badge? Yes, she does. / No, she does not. Do you have a badge? Yes, I do. / No, I do not.
After do, does, don’t or doesn’t, keep the verb have in its base form.
Have got
Use have got or has got to talk about possession. Match have / has to the subject.
Positive: subject + have / has got
Example: Mina has got a green team badge.
Negative: subject + have / has not got
Example: Mina has not got a locker key. (Mina hasn’t got a locker key.)
Question: Have / Has + subject + got …?
Example: Has Mina got a locker key?
Contractions: I have got = I’ve got; she has got = she’s got. In a positive short answer, use Yes, I have, not Yes, I’ve.
Short answers: Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t. For you: Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
2. Clue Words & Patterns
Possession and relationships
my / yourone thing or persontwo or more
Both forms can describe possession: Our club has a library card and Our club has got a library card have the same basic meaning.
For people and relationships: Jo has two cousins / Jo has got two cousins.
Facilities and questions
For a question with have alone, use Do / Does + subject + have: Do the rooms have windows? / Does the club have a kitchen?
For have got, move have or has before the subject: Have the rooms got windows? / Has the club got a kitchen?
Choose one question pattern. Do not combine them.
Have can describe an activity too
With a meal or event, have can mean do or take part in an activity: We have lunch at one. / We are having lunch now. This is different from possession. The possession pattern have got does not fit every activity meaning.
3. Watch Out & Common Mistakes
Keep the two patterns clear
Wrong: Does Lena has a pass? Better: Does Lena have a pass? Reason: In a have-alone question, does carries the singular marking; use base have.
Wrong: Does Sam have got a key? Better: Has Sam got a key? Reason: A have got question uses have or has before the subject. It does not use do or does.
Wrong: The players has got cards. Better: The players have got cards. Reason: Players is plural, so use have.
Wrong: We are having three club keys. (possession) Better: We have three club keys. Reason: For possession, use have or have got. The continuous is possible for an activity, as in We are having lunch.
Do not add got to a have-alone question: Does Lena have a pass? Or use the other pattern: Has Lena got a pass?
Self-check 1: Choose: Does the room (have / has) a clock?
have: after does, use the base form in a have-alone question.
Self-check 2: Complete: ___ the members got name tags?
Have: members is plural, and a have got question starts with have.
Self-check 3: Which phrase can mean eating: have a sandwich or have got a sandwich?
Have a sandwich can describe eating as an activity. Have got a sandwich says that the person possesses one.
Before you answer: Is have about possession or an activity? Which pattern are you using? Does have or has match the subject?
Speaking: make it personal
Listen to each model, repeat it, then change the details to tell your own story. Speaking practice is for self-assessment and adds no points to the 44-question test.
Practice 1
Tell a partner about one thing you have got for game night.
Read the model
I have got a small notebook for keeping score.
Practice 2
Ask a partner whether they have a favourite board game.
Read the model
Have you got a favourite board game?
Practice 3
Say one thing the club room has and one thing it does not have.
Read the model
The room has a long table, but it does not have a television.
Practice 4
Ask a club member about a facility using have alone.
Read the model
Does the club have a quiet place to read?
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Learning review: what can you do now?
Can you choose have or has? Can you use do and does with have, and have or has with got? Describe something you own, ask a partner about a possession, and give a short answer.