01/12/16 When we Use ‘Have Got‘ and When ‘Have‘ (Part II)
3. Questions
have | have got |
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Do I have time? | Have I got time? |
Do you have pets? | Have you got pets? |
Does he have a computer? | Has he got a computer? |
Does she have a mobile phone? | Has she got a mobile phone? |
Does it have mudguards? | Has it got mudguards? |
Do we have ketchup? | Have we got ketchup? |
Do you have a yellow car? | Have you got a yellow car? |
Do they have nice teachers? | Have they got nice teachers? |
There can be negations in questions too.
have | have got |
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Don’t you have a brother? | Haven’t you got a brother? |
4. Be careful
4.1. The contracted forms ‘ve or ‘s are only used with have got – not with have.
right | wrong |
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I’ve got a new mobile phone. | I’ve a new mobile phone. |
He’s got a new car. | He’s a new car. |
4.2. Do not use an auxiliary with have got – only with have. Be careful when using negations.
right | wrong |
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Have you got a garden? | Do you have got a garden? |
Do you have a pet? | Have you a pet? |
They haven’t got a brother. | They haven’t a house. |
4.3. Have cannot always be substituted with have got. You can only substitute have with have got when you talk about possession and relationships.
have got | have |
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I’ve got a brother. | I have a brother. |
wrong: I had got an accident. | I had an accident. |
wrong: We had got lunch. | We had lunch. |
► In American English have is dropped in informal speech like in the following example.
We’ve got a problem. → We got a problem.
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