21 Have and fiave got Form H ave
I have an idea. He has two classes this morning.
Do 3 /0 &ham an £maz/ account? have any brothers and sisters?
N egative
S h o rt answ ers
I don ’t have time. He doesn’t have any money.
Yes, I do. / No, I don ’t. &£ dbes. / iVo, doesn’t.
Have is a normal main verb. We don’t usually contract the verb when the meaning is ownership or relationship* X H e’s a cat. (because it sounds like He is a We don’t normally use have in progressive forms. X She’s having two houses in Switzerland. The normal question form is Do you have .. .?T he form Have you ... ? is possible but rare.
A ffirm ative
Q u estion
I ’ve got classes all afternoon. She’s got a lot of work to do.
Have you got a girlfriend? Has she got any money?
N egative
S h ort answ ers
I haven’t got all day! She hasn’t got any money.
Yes>I have. / No, I haven’t. Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.
Have got is an unusual two-word verb formed like a perfect tense. The got part never changes but the have part changes to match the person (You havey she has etc) and time (We have got,We had got, We will have got etc), We don’t use have got in the progressive (-ing) form. We normally abbreviate the have t o ’ve o r ’s.