20 Have and Have got Affirmative
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Introduction
Have/have got is a verb used to express states like possession, relationship, illnesses and the characteristics of people and things.
When expressed in its affirmative form, the verb confirms something about the subject.
Form
The present simple tenses of have and have got are:
To have
Its structure, in the affirmative form, is:
Subject + have/has + object + …
- Have/has: in the affirmative form, the third person singular changes from have to has;
- There is no short version of have in the affirmative form for the third person singular.
| Subject | have/has |
|---|---|
| I | have |
| You | have |
| He | has |
| She | has |
| It | has |
| We | have |
| You | have |
| They | have |
To have got
Its structure, in the affirmative form, is:
Subject + have/has got + object + …
- Have/has: in the affirmative form, the third person singular changes from have to has.
| Subject | have/has got | Short form |
|---|---|---|
| I | have got | I’ve got |
| You | have got | You’ve got |
| He | has got | He’s got |
| She | has got | She’s got |
| It | has got | It’s got |
| We | have got | We’ve got |
| You | have got | You’ve got |
| They | have got | They’ve got |
Example
To have
- I have lunch at 2 p.m.
- She had two dogs; she has two dogs; she will have two dogs.
To have got
I have got lunch at 2 p.m.She had got two dogs; she has got two dogs;she will have got two dogs.
Use
Have and have got are used to confirm that someone possesses someone/something. They are also used to express relationships, illnesses and characteristics of people and things. However, they’re not completely interchangeable.
- To have
- Can be used to express actions;
- Can be used to express past, present and future.
- To have got
- Cannot be used to express actions;
- Can only be used to express the present.
Summary
Have and have got, in the affirmative form, are used to confirm states such as posessions, relationships, illnesses and characteristics of the subject. However, we cannot use one instead of the other.
- Have can be used to express actions in the past, present and future. The structure is:
Subject + have/has + object + … (has for the third person singular) - Have got cannot be used to express actions and can be used just to express the present. The structure is:
Subject + have/has got + object + … (has for the third person singular)
For example:
— “I have lunch at 2 p.m.” / “I have got lunch at 2 p.m.“= We use have because it is an action.
— “I have a car.” / “I’ve got a car.” = We use have and have got because it is the possession of something in the present.
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