This document discusses the differences between using "have" and "have got" in sentences. It explains that "have" can be used as a full verb or an auxiliary verb, while "have got" is only used to describe present possession or attributes. Some examples are provided to illustrate when each is used properly. The document also notes specific nouns, like activities and events, that collocate with "have" to express dynamic meanings in different tenses.

1. Have & Have got

2. * When do we say that “HAVE” works as
a full verb?
* When do we say that “HAVE” works as
an auxiliary?

3. I have two brothers. (relationship)
I am having two brothers.
Does she have a new car? (possession)
Is she having a new car?
They don't have a lot of money. (possession)
They aren't having a lot of money.
Do you have a headache? (illness)
Are you having a headache?
He has to go soon. (obligation)
He is having to go soon.
She doesn't have a stomachache. (illness)
She isn't having a headache.
In these sentences
“HAVE” is working as a
full verb.

4. Have got uses:
Have got is only used to describe the present.

5. For these meanings, we can also use have got instead of have.
* I have two brothers.
I've got two brothers.
* Does she have a new car?
Has she got a new car?
* They don't have a lot of money.
They haven't got a lot of money.
* Do you have a headache?
Have you got a headache?
* He has to go soon.
He's got to go soon.
* She doesn't have a stomachache.
She hasn't got a stomachache.
HAVE
GOT
HAVE
FULL
VERB

6. Dynamic / Action Meanings
of Have
HAVE, not have got, can be used to
describe actions with the following nouns:
* a bath, a shower, a swim, a massage
* breakfast, lunch, dinner, an apple, a
snack, a break, a cigarette
* a party, a meeting, a wonderful time
* a dream, a conversation, a fight
* a baby
* surgery

7. For these meanings, it is possible to use
continuous tenses:
I'm having a great time!
We were having a party when you called.
She is having a baby in June.
It sounds like someone is having a fight outside.