23 Have and Have got Interrogative
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Introduction
Have/have got is a verb used to express states like possessions, relationships, illnesses and characteristics of people and things.
When expressed in its interrogative form, it is used to ask questions about the possession of something.
Form
The present simple tenses of have and have got are:
To have
Its structure, in the interrogative form, is:
Do/Does + subject + have + object + …?
- Do/does: in the interrogative form, the third person singular changes from do to does:
| Do/Does | Subject | have | Question Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do | I | have | …? |
| Do | you | have | …? |
| Does | he | have | …? |
| Does | she | have | …? |
| Does | it | have | …? |
| Do | we | have | …? |
| Do | you | have | …? |
| Do | they | have | …? |
To have got
Its structure, in the interrogative form, is:
Have/Has + subject + got + object + …?
- Have/has: in the interrogative form, the third person singular changes from have to has.
| Have/Has | Subject | Got | Question Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Have | I | got | …? |
| Have | you | got | …? |
| Has | he | got | …? |
| Has | she | got | …? |
| Has | it | got | …? |
| Have | we | got | …? |
| Have | you | got | …? |
| Have | they | got | …? |
Example
To have
- Do you have lunch at 2 p.m.?
- Did she have two dogs?; does she have two dogs?; will she have two dogs?
To have got
- Have I got pasta for my lunch?
Had she got two dogs?; has she got two dogs?;will she have got two dogs?
Use
We use Do I have…? and Have I got…? when we ask whether someone possesses someone/something. We use them also 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 interrogative form, are used to ask about states such as possessions, 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. In the interrogative form, we start with do followed by the subject, have and an object (the sentence ends with a question mark). In the third person singular, we use does.
- Have got cannot be used to express actions. It can only be used to express the present. In the interrogative form, we start with have followed by the subject, got and an object (the sentence ends with a question mark). In the third person singular, we use has.
For example:
— “Do I have lunch at 2 p.m?” / “Have I “ = We use have because it is an action.got lunch at 2 p.m?
— “Have I got a car?” = We use have got because it is the possession of something in the present.
NOTE: Have is also used as an auxiliary verb in certain tenses to talk about actions. In that case, we do not need to use do or does. We cannot use have got for this. (“Have you done it?” / “Have you got done it?”).
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