2. Why?
“have” / “have got” is used to indicate possession. In the case of
third person singular, “has” / “has got” is used instead. So, we have
the following table:
• I have, I have got ( = I’ve got)
• you have, you have got ( = you’ve got)
• we have, we have got ( = we’ve got)
• they have, they have got ( = they’ve got)
• he has, he has got ( = he’s got)
• she has, she has got ( = she’s got)
• it has, it has got ( = it’s got)
3. …more examples:
• I have a pen. / I have got a pen. = I’ve got a pen.
• You have a dog. / You have got a dog. = You’ve got a dog.
• We have a new car. / We have got a new car. = We’ve got a new
car.
• They have problems. / They have got problems. = They’ve got
problems.
4. The negative is formed this way:
• have ==> do not have ( = don’t have)
• have got ==> have not got ( = haven’t got)
• has ==> does not have ( = doesn’t have)
• has got ==> has not got ( = hasn’t got)
5. …more examples in negative:
• I don’t have any money.
• We don’t have time.
• They don’t have a clue. ( = They don’t understand at all.)
• She doesn’t have blue eyes.
• He doesn’t have pets.
6. For “have / has,” questions are formed with
“Do/Does” and switching the order of subject and
verb:
•I have … ==> Do I have …?
•you have … ==> Do you have…?
•we have … ==> Do we have …?
•they have … ==> Do they have …?
7. Note that in the third person singular, “has”
changes to “have” for the question:
•he has … ==> Does he have …?
•she has … ==> Does she have …?
•it has … ==> Does it have …?
8. For “have got / has got,” questions are formed by
switching the order of “have / has” and subject:
•I have got … ==> Have I got …?
•you have got … ==> Have you got …?
•we have got … ==> Have we got …?
•they have got … ==> Have they got …?
9. Here, third person singular keeps “has” for
questions:
•he has got … ==> Has he got …?
• she has got … ==> Has she got …?
•it has got … ==> Has she got …?
10. Examples:
• Have you got a knife I could borrow?
• Have they got any milk?
• Has she got an idea?
11. Now, shut down your computer and lets go
back to the room.
