English A1 · have got
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Chinese uses one word, you, for two jobs: existence, as in zhuo shang you yi ben shu, and possession, as in wo you yi zhi mao. Topic five covered existence with there is. Possession has its own tool: have got. I have got a cat. And the memory hook: got is a decoration, not a past tense. I have got talks about now. The got just sits there looking busy, like a security guard at an empty shop.
The forms: I, you, we and they take have got; he, she and it take has got. Third person singular always wants special treatment, the same rule as is. In speech, the short forms rule: I've got two brothers, she's got a new phone, we've got a problem. I've got an idea is how half of all British conversations begin, and the other half begin with apologies.
Pause and choose. He has got two older brothers. Third person singular takes has, exactly as it takes is. He have got is the classic slip, and he is got sends be to do possession's job, which it politely refuses.
The negative puts not between have and got: I haven't got any money; she hasn't got a car. The question flips have forward: have you got a pen? Has he got my keys? And the short answer drops got: yes, I have; no, I haven't. Saying yes, I have got is not wrong, but it sounds like you are answering a police interview, and nobody needs that energy.
Pause and choose. Have you got any brothers or sisters? Flip have forward, and keep do out of it; do belongs to the American system, do you have a pen, which is correct but is a different machine. Option four is word salad with garnish.
Two correct systems. Everyday British speech loves have got: I've got a headache. American English and formal writing prefer plain have: I have a question. For family, illness and features, both work: he's got two sisters, he has two sisters, the house has got a garden. One firm boundary: habits and routines take plain have only. I have lunch at twelve is a schedule; I have got lunch at twelve sounds like you repeatedly possess the same lunch, which is either a fridge problem or a philosophy problem.
Pause and choose. Have you got a pen? The have-got system flips have; the American system uses do: do you have a pen. Both correct, but never blend them into do you have got, a grammar smoothie that is wrong however healthy it sounds. And or not at the end is a direct import from you-mei-you; English asks the question with the flip alone.
One last trap: got looks like the past, but in have got it is not. I've got ten yuan means I own it now. Drop the have, and I got a cat sounds like the cat arrived this morning, possibly by post. In American speech that is common slang, but in your exam, keep the have. Yesterday's money is a different topic and, honestly, a sad one.
Interview a partner, real answers only. Have you got any brothers or sisters? Yes, I have; I've got one sister. Has your best friend got a pet? No, they haven't; their goldfish left us. Have you got a pen I can borrow? Yes, I have; it costs one smile. Collect three true answers and spend them wisely.
Pause for four checks. She has got a new phone, because third person takes has. Have you got a pen, flipping have forward with no do in sight. The short answer is yes, I have; the got stays home. And I have lunch at twelve, because habits take plain have. Next topic: the present simple, the tense of habits, facts and eternal truths.