Una vez más no encontramos en este blog, pero esta vez, para hablar sobre el HAVE GOT / HAVE. Como profesora que da clases de inglés, os explicaré bien las diferencias entre sí.
We use the verb "have" o "have got" to talk about possession, relationships, characteristics and illnesses.
How to use it:
- In the affirmative (positive) ----> I / you / we / they HAVE GOT or HAVE
e.g. I have got a car - You have got a bike - We have got threee stamps - They have got eight dogs.
----> she / he / it HAS GOT or HAS
e.g. She has got a car - He has got a bike - It has got a dog.
- In the negative ----> I / you / we / they HAVE NOT GOT or DO NOT HAVE
e.g. I have not got a car - You have not got a bike - We have not got three stamps - They have not got eight dogs.
----> she / he / it HAS NOT GOT or DOES NOT HAVE
e.g. she has not got a car - He has not got a bike - It has not got a dog.
- Question ----> HAVE I / you/ we / they GOT ... ? or Do I / you / we / they HAVE ... ?
e.g Have I got a car? - Have you got a bike? - Have we got three stamps? - Have they got eight dogs?
----> HAS she / he / it GOT ... ? or DOES she / he / it HAVE ... ?
e.g. Has she got a car? - Has you got a bike? Has it got a dog?
- Answer (in short answers to yes/no questions, we don't use "got")
----> Yes, I / you / we / they HAVE. - No, I / you / we / they HAVE NOT.
----> Yes, she / he / it HAS. - No, she / he / it HAS NOT.
Short forms (contractions): We can contract the verb, especially when we're speaking.
have got ----> 've got
have not got ----> haven't got
has got ----> 's got
has not got ----> hasn't got
Rules:
- We don't use HAVE GOT in formal, written English.
- HAVE GOT is less popular in American English than in British English.
- We use HAVE GOT when we want to talk about things that we own or situations in the present. We don't used it when we want to talk about regular actions.
- We don't use HAVE GOT when we are talking about the future.
