Affirmative sentences

>have< >have got<

I have got a brother.

I have a brother.
I've got a brother.
You have got a sister.
You have a sister.
You've got a sister.
He has got a cat.
He has a cat.
He's got a cat.
She has got a dog.
She has a dog.
She's got a dog.
It has got Bluetooth.
It has Bluetooth.
It's got Bluetooth.
We have got books.
We have books.
We've got books.
You have got a nice room.
You have a nice room.
You've got a nice room.
They have got pets.
They have pets.
They've got pets.

have got is often used in its contracted form even in written

language.

Negative sentences

>have< >have got<

I have not got a brother. or

I do not have a brother.
I haven't got a brother. or
I don't have a brother.
I've not got a brother.
You have not got a sister. or
You do not have a sister.
You haven't got a sister. or
You don't have a sister.
You've not got a sister.
He has not got a cat. or
He does not have a cat.
He hasn't got a cat. or
He doesn't have a cat.
He's not got a cat.
She has not got a dog. or
She does not have a dog.
She hasn't got a dog. or
She doesn't have a dog.
She's not got a dog.

It does not have Bluetooth.
It doesn't have Bluetooth.
We do not have books.
We don't have books.
You do not have a nice room.
You don't have a nice room.
They do not have pets.
They don't have pets.
Questions
>have<
Do I have time?
Do you have pets?
Does he have a computer?
Does she have a mobile phone?
Does it have mudguards?
Do we have ketchup?
Do you have a yellow car?
Do they have nice teachers?
Negations in questions:
Don't you have a brother?
Be careful!
1) The contracted forms 've or 's are only used with have got - not
with have.
correct
I've got a new mobile phone.
It has not got Bluetooth. or
It hasn't got Bluetooth. or
It's not got Bluetooth.
We have not got books. or
We haven't got books. or
We've not got books.
You have not got a nice room. or
You haven't got a nice room. or
You've not got a nice room.
They have not got pets. or
They haven't got pets. or
They've not got pets.
>have got<
Have I got time?
Have you got pets?
Has he got a computer?
Has she got a mobile phone?
Has it got mudguards?
Have we got ketchup?
Have you got a yellow car?
Have they got nice teachers?
Haven't you got a brother?
incorrect
I've a new mobile phone.
He's got a new car. He's a new car.

2) Do not use an auxiliary with have got - only with have. Be careful
when using negations.

correct incorrect

Have you got garden? Do you have got a garden?

Do you have a pet? Have you a pet?
They haven't got a house. They haven't a house.

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

I've got a brother. I have a brother.

incorrect: I had got an accident. I had an accident.
incorrect: We had got lunch. We had lunch.

Note:

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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The Present Perfect Tense #7:

Has Got and Have Got
The idioms has got and have got seem to be present
perfect tense: they use has and have and these forms
are followed by a past participle (one of the two past
participles of get--got and gotten). These two related
idioms are not present perfect, however. Instead, they're
actually simple present tense and are conversational
equivalents of has and have:

He's got red hair. = He has red hair.

Have you got a dollar? = Do you have a dollar?

They've got two children. = They have two children.

You've got mail! = You have mail!

I haven't got time. = I don't have time.

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Has got and have got are also used to make a variation
of has to / have to: has got to and have got to. These
variations are almost always contracted:

He's got to leave early. = He has to leave early.

We've got to go. = We have to go.

They've got to hurry. = They have to hurry.

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Got to is usually pronounced something like "gotta,"

but this is a spoken form and is not acceptable in
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