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The verb have got in the negative form. Verbs to have and have got in English

(to have) in the present tense. The rule for their use is simple, however, beginners often have difficulties with these words.

Has or Have – a rule of three simple points

Rule of use has/have following:

Has used with third person singular pronouns he, she, it, For example:

He has a bike. - He has a bike.

She has a sister. - She has a sister.

This is a tree. It has many branches. - This is a tree. It has many branches.

Has also used with any, which can be replaced by the noun he, she, it. This can be almost any part of speech, but most often:

John has a kangaroo. – John has a kangaroo.

Swimming has become a popular sport. – Swimming has become a popular sport.

The noun “John” can be replaced with he, “swimming” with it.

Have used with all other pronouns in singular and plural: I, you, we, they.

I have a strange feeling. – I have a strange feeling.

You have no choice. – You have no choice.

We have two dollars. - We have two dollars.

They have reliable friends. – They have reliable friends

In other words, we see “He, She, It”, or a word that can be replaced with them, we put has, with other words – have.

Common mistakes in using Has and Have

1. Has in the past tense

Has and have These are forms of the verb in the present tense. In the past tense, the verb to have has only one form - had. In the past tense has is not used under any circumstances:

Right:

We had a lot of work. Helen had no work at all. – We had a lot of work. Helen had no work at all.

Wrong:

We had a lot of work. Helen has no work at all.

In the second, incorrect, option due to has the meaning changes: “Helen has no job at all (now).”

2. Has in the future tense

The same goes for the future tense: in the future tense, the verb to have has the form will have. In the future tense, has is not needed under any circumstances.

Right:

He will have enough time for rest. - He will have enough time to rest.

Wrong:

He will have will have enough time for rest.

3. Has and Have after names of people, names of cities, places

Beginners often get confused when these verb forms are used with proper nouns. The fact is that textbooks often give examples with people’s names, for example:

Maria has two sons. – Maria has two sons.

There may be a habit that after any proper name you need the verb has, but this, of course, is not the case. If the subject can be replaced with he, she, it, then we put has, in other cases (that is, if this word is plural) – have.

The Bahamas have changed a lot. – The Bahamas has changed a lot.

The Johnsons have two sons. – The Johnsons (the Johnson couple) have two sons.

Maria and John have two sons. – Mary and John have two sons

In the last example the subject is expressed by the words “Maria and John”, that is there's talk about the plural (two people).

4. Has after nouns like “people”: People have or People has?

Some nouns may look like a singular noun but have the meaning . In this case, when choosing between has / have, you need to be guided by the meaning of the word, not the form.

Let's compare two examples:

Some people have thirty three teeth – Some people have thirty-three teeth.

My people has more honor than yours. “My people have more honor than yours.”

In the first case, “people” means “people” and has the meaning plural, therefore “people have”. In the second case, “people” means “people”, has a singular meaning, therefore “has”.

5. Have and Has in negations: He doesn’t has or He doesn’t have?

A common mistake is using has in a negative sentence with the auxiliary verb to do, that is, in negatives where there is “do not / don’t”, “does not / doesn’t”.

The rule is simple: after the negation don’t or doesn’t we always use the form have, even if the subject is he, she or it. “Doesn’t has” is basically an impossible combination.

I don't have any small change. – I don’t have any change.

He doesn't have any place to live. - He has nowhere to live.

The fact is that in such negative sentences, in the presence of a subject expressed by the pronouns he, she, it or other words in the third person singular, the verb to do takes the corresponding form- it turns into does, so turning have into has is kind of redundant.

6. Have and Has in the questions: Does he has or Does he have?

The same rule applies to interrogative sentences constructed using to do, that is, questions like “Do you have?”, “Does he have?”

These questions use does if the subject is expressed by the pronouns he, she, it, or any other word that can be replaced by one of these pronouns. Moreover, if the verb to have is present in the question, it is used only in the form have.

Rule: in questions with “do” or “does” we always use the have form, even if the subject is he, she or it. “Does he has” is a basically impossible combination.

Do you have a minute? - Do you have a minute?

Does he have a minute? – Does he have a minute?

Have got to have. Have got (has got) is literally translated “to have”. But according to the rules of the Russian language, we translate it as “someone has something There is". Meaning "to have".

That is: I have book, do you have book, he has foodь book, she has book, we have book, you have book and they have book. Please note that in English language pronouns are not declined. Therefore, just as we had pronouns “I, you, he, she, it, we, they,” so they will remain so. That is, there is no need to literally try to translate “I have.” For me it means I. So I, that's all.

So, the table:

I have got- I have He has got - he has

If we are talking about an animal or inanimate object - it has got

Instead of pronouns, you can substitute any nouns:

My mother has got a cute handbag - My mother has a beautiful bag (here I didn’t translate has got at all, since it’s more “Russian” and the meaning is preserved).

Have got to have

Notice from the table that have got has two forms: have got And has got. Depending on what pronoun is used, the form of the verb depends on it. For pronouns I, you, we, they will always have got

I have got - I have

you have got - you have (or: you have) units. and many more h

we have got - we have

they have got - they have

For pronouns 3rd person singular. numbers (he, she, it) - he, she (for people) and it - he, she, it (for animals and objects) the form is used has got

He has got a bag - he has a bag.

She has got six pencils. — She has six pencils

A dog has got a tail - The dog has a tail.

It has got a tail - She (the dog) has a tail.

A door has got a handle - The door has a handle.

It has got a handle - She has a handle. (meaning the door).

In general, it is impossible to translate literally in English. The Russian language is very rich in different phrases and synonyms, so use everything you know in Russian.

At my dogs Very a long tail- my dog has got a very long tail. - A dog is not a person -it (has got)

Some textbooks say that have got can be replaced with have. Nothing like this! Let me show you the difference:

In interrogative HAVE offers or HAS is placed first in the sentence.

They have got a house - Have they got a house? — This is the British version of English. Only this way and no other way.

If you only use have, you will not be able to construct the question: Have they a house? Something is missing. It is the got particles. In the American version - yes - they only use have without "got".

Then the verb have becomes an ordinary semantic verb and the rules for forming questions in Present Simple(using auxiliary verbs DO and DOES): Do do they have a house? Does she have a handbag? etc. (we’ll talk about this in more detail when we study Present Simple)

So, a table for constructing general questions:

Answers to general question: Yes, I have - yes. \ No, I haven’t - no.

Yes, she has\ No, she hasn’t,

Yes, you have\ No, you haven’t, etc.

How the question begins is how the answer ends (in negation + not)

That is, it is better to answer this way than simply YES\NO. IN English speaking countries It's considered rude if you just say 'no'.

Dividing questions:

If the first part of the sentence is an affirmation, the second part (tail) is a negation. And vice versa. A question consists of a statement and a question tail.

They have got a house, haven't they? - they have a house, don't they?

She has got a red handbag, hasn’t she? — She has a red handbag, doesn't she?

That is a lady who has got a red handbag, hasn't she? - this is the lady with the red handbag, isn't it?

Alternativee questions:

Has she got a red or blue scarf? - Does she have a red or blue scarf?

Have the Browns got three or four children? — Do the Browns have three or four children? (referring to a family with the surname Brown).

Special questions: In the question “who does Lena have” there should be - Who has Lena got?

Since, according to school curriculum, we have traditionally studied British English, it still has a dominant meaning. On the other hand, the language of the Internet is more Americanized, so we should pay attention to this.

The verbs to have and have got behave differently in some circumstances, and the first of them is used more often in American English. To avoid any confusion, let's look at the options from a British perspective.

Verb to have

The verb to have means possession of something and is used mainly when it emphasizes the regularity of owning something, using something, or performing some procedure.

She usually has expensive cars. She usually has expensive cars.

I sometimes have coffee in a café. I sometimes drink coffee in a cafe.

I have a holiday in summer. I have a vacation in the summer.

At present there are three forms of the verb to have - having, have and has, and the last of them is used only with the third person singular of nouns.

Having is a present participle or Participle I In addition, the verb to have is irregular and in the simple past tense it has the form had. He also has the same form of the past participle ( Participle II).

We are having dinner now. Now we are having lunch.

Verb have got

There are only two forms of the verb have got - have got and has got, since it is not used in the past tense. Examples:

My nephew has got a turtle. My nephews have a turtle.

John has not got any siblings. John has no sisters or brothers.

Have you got a marker for a whiteboard. Do you have a whiteboard marker?

The verb have got is used in the sense when it speaks of possession of an object or some quality “here and now.” If a brother remains a brother, then you may not have a fountain pen today or tomorrow. Here are examples of questions and short answers:

Have you got a sister-in-law? Yes, I have. Do you have a half-sister? Yes, I have.

Have you got a sheet of paper? No, I haven't. Do you have a piece of paper? No.

You can use these sentences with the verb to have and the auxiliary verb do.

Do you have a sister-in-law? Yes, I do.

Do you have a sheet of paper? No? I don't.

These sentences are translated in exactly the same way.

Also, the verb to have in English can have the role of an auxiliary by analogy with modal verbs. Examples:

She has a cold. She has a cold.

Has she a cold? Does she have a cold?

She hasn't a cold. She doesn't have a cold.

On the other hand, it is precisely in the role of a modal verb that it “causes confusion” in the ranks of English language learners. Example:

Pat has to go back to Moscow. Pat has to return to Moscow.

Logically modal verbs Here the following interrogative sentence suggests itself:

Has Pat to go…

but in fact, only the following option is possible here:

Does Pat have to go back to Moscow?

Respectively:

Pat doesn’t have to go back to Moscow.

The correct form of the verb to have depends on the tense in which it is used and the person in the present tense. Here are examples of all forms:

He has a dog. He had a dog. They are having breakfast.

To better remember the use of the verb have got and other forms of this one of the most popular verbs in English, it will be useful to fill out the table:

Statement	Question	Negation

When working with the table, use all forms of words. remember, that have got is used only in the present tense.

First take sentences from the text and then use the possibilities search engines. Also learn to work with different types dictionaries.

Hello, friends! Let's take a little break from the times of the English language, and devote this lesson to such a topic as. Have and have got are used equally, do they mean approximately the same thing - “I have”? "I own". But there are slight differences. Which? Find out from this article.

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The expressions have got and have mean “to have something” (for example, an object, a relationship, an illness, etc.) When translating into Russian, the word “have (got)” is often omitted altogether.

In this meaning, you can use both have and have got, there is no difference in meaning.

Examples

□ They've got a new car. / They have a new car. — They have a new car.

□ Lisa’s got two brothers / Lisa has two brothers. — Lisa has 2 brothers.

□ I’ve got a headache / I have a headache. - I have a headache.

□ Our house has got a small garden / Our house has a small garden. — Our house has a small garden.

□ He’s got a few problems / He has a few problems. - He has a couple of problems.

Please note that in the meaning of "to have something" we do not use have (got) in continuous form. Those. no -ing!

Example
We're enjoying our holiday. We 've got a nice room in the hotel. — We like our vacation. We have a very cool room in the hotel.

If we need to say that something was owned in the past, we no longer use got, but have goes into the form had. Those. we use the rules.

Example
Lisa had long hair when she was a child. — Lisa had long hair when she was a child.

Preliminary result. There is no difference between have and have got in statements. But it will appear when we move on to denials and questions.

If you ask a question or deny something, with using have(got), then there are 3 ways to do this.

Question

1) Have you got … ? / Has she got...?

Have comes first (if there is a question word, then have comes after it). Got remains after the subject. Grammatically it is .

2) Do you have … ? / Does he have...?

Grammatically it is . Have- this is, and do- auxiliary.

3) Have you … ? / Has he...?(rarely used option)

And although this option has a place, it’s not very smart to say so. I would not recommend using this option.

Negation

1) I haven’t got … / He hasn’t got …

Grammatically Present Perfect. Have is an auxiliary verb and got- 3rd form from get (receive).

2) I don’t have … / She doesn’t have …

Grammatically Present Simple.

3) I haven’t … / She hasn’t …

It's grammatically unclear , but you can also say that.
To say that something happened (had something) in the past, we use Past Simple, i.e. did/didn't.

Examples

□ Did you have a car when you were living in London? — Did you have a car when you lived in London?

□ I didn’t have a watch, so I didn’t know the time. “I didn’t have a watch, so I didn’t know what time it was.”

□ Lisa had long hair, didn’t she? — Lisa had long hair, didn’t she?

Often the verb have is included in some expression, for example, have breakfast - have breakfast, have a bath - take a bath, have a good time - have a good time, etc.

In this case, got is no longer used. The table shows popular expressions that include have.

Have breakfast/dinner/a cup of coffee/smth to eat	Have – eat/drink
Have a bath – take a bath Have a shower - take a shower Have a swim - swim Have a break - take a break Have a rest - relax Have a party - go to a party Have a holiday - go on vacation Have an accident - get into an accident Have an experience - get experience Have a dream - dream, have a dream	Have - do something, do something
Have a look - look
Have a chat - chat Have a conversation - talk Have a discussion - talk	Have - talk
Have a difficulty - have difficulty Have a trouble - have trouble Have fun - have fun Have a good time - have a good time	Have - to have some sensations
Have a baby - give birth to a child

Examples

□ Sometimes I have a sandwich for my lunch. — Sometimes I eat a sandwich for lunch.

but I’ve got / I have some sandwiches. Would you like one? - BUT I have a couple of sandwiches. You do not want? (you can both have and have got)

If have is part of a stable expression (and for natives such connectives are stable), then have can be used in any tense, including continuous

Examples

□ We’re enjoying our holiday. We're having a great time. — We like vacations. We're having a great time.

□ Mike is having a shower at the moment. He has a shower every day. — Misha is taking a shower now. He takes a shower every day.

□ I don’t usually have a big breakfast - I usually don’t eat much for breakfast.

□ What time does Jenny have lunch? — What time does Zhenya eat lunch?

□ Did you have difficulty finding a place to live? — Did you have problems finding housing?

Bottom line

Have got and have convey the meaning of “to have”, “to own”. In continuous, the verb have is not used in this meaning. In statements, it makes no difference which option is used. The differences between these constructions are visible in questions and negatives.

In this article we will look at verb have got / has got. I know primary school it is given on initial stage and causes a lot of difficulties for students.

Before studying have got / has got, you need to remember personal pronouns in English.

How to translate?

It is translated into Russian as “to have, to possess something” and is used when we want to communicate that we have something and belong to us.

For example, the phrase ‘ I have got a cat’ we can literally translate – “ I have a cat“, but in Russian we don’t say that. We usually use the word "is": " I have a cat».

It should be noted that English pronouns do not change by case. This means that the Russian “I have” corresponds to the English “I” (“he has” - he, etc.)

Affirmative sentences

Word order in an affirmative sentence:

SUBJECT+ HAVE GOT / HAS GOT +ADDITION

The verb is used with the pronouns I, you, we, they have got.

For example,

I have got a cat.

You have got a cat.

We have got a cat.

They have got a cat.

Tom and Kate have got a cat.

The subject is the phrase Tom and Kate, which we can replace with the pronoun “they” - they, therefore in this proposal the verb have got is also used

The verb is used with the pronouns he, she, it has got .

She has got a cat.

He has got a cat.

It has got a cat.

Please note the following sentence:

Tom has got a cat.

The subject is the name Tom, which we can replace with the pronoun “he” - he, so this sentence also uses the verb has got.

Table 1. Affirmative sentences with the turn have got / has got

Negative sentences

Negative sentences are constructed according to the same scheme as affirmative ones, but the negative particle not is added to the verb have got / has got:

have not got = haven’t got

has not got = hasn’t got

SUBJECT+ HAVEN'T GOT / HASN'T GOT +ADDITION

Translating negative sentences often causes difficulties for students for the reason described above. It is necessary to remember that haven’t got / hasn’t got says that someone does not possess any object, i.e. this item does not exist.

For example, I haven't got a cat. - I do not have a cat.

Table 2. Negative sentences with the phrase have got / has got