1. Have got/have.

She's got toy dalmatians of all sizes.
I have 206 items in my collection.

Have got and have are often the same. For example, you can also say:

She has toy dalmatians of all sizes.
I've got 206 items in my collection.

You can say:

She has now collected 196.

and:

I have breakfast before I go to work.

But you can't say:

She's got now collected 196.
I have got breakfast before I go to work.

The rule is: when they mean possess, have and have got are the same.

Look at these sentences with have or has. Can you change them to have got or has got?

2. Have got.

An illustration of a lot of different frogs, of different shapes and sizes.

Change these sentences from exercise 1, using have got.

3. Question forms.

Have got and have

We can use have got or have when we mean possess.
I’ve got lots of records.
I have lots of records.

But we don’t use have got when have represents an action.

I have a shower and get dressed. (have = an action)
I have breakfast at home. (have = an action)


Choose the correct question or negative form. (Sometimes both forms are correct.)

4. Sentence completion.

Write these eight sentences in a different way.

5. Present perfect.

In the second sentence below has collected is an example of the present perfect.
Louise started collecting teaspoons when she was eight.
She has now collected 196.

The present perfect is formed like this:

auxiliary verb have + past participle
has
collected

Check that you know the irregular past participles. Complete the table.

For more information about present perfect see the Grammar Reference.

6. Present perfect.

Complete these eight sentences using this model:

Louise started collecting teaspoons when she was eight.
She has now collected 196.

7. How many questions.

Match the two halves of each question. This exercise is in two parts. Scroll down to see Part 2.

Part 1

Now complete Part 2.

Part 2

8. How many questions.

Write the questions for these eight answers.

9. Dialogue completion.

Complete these eight short conversations, like the example.

For example:
Louise started collecting teaspoons when she was eight.
How many has she collected?
196.

10. Finished actions.

Look at these two examples.
Natasha started writing postcards this morning.
She is still writing.
She has written 15.
Megan started writing postcards this morning, too.
She stopped writing at 1 o'clock.
She wrote eight.

Which is Natasha and which is Megan?

11. Present perfect or past simple?

Now answer this question:

Why do we use the present perfect here:

Natasha has written 15.

but the past simple here?

Megan wrote eight.

For more information about present perfect and the past simple see the Grammar Reference.

12. Finished or unfinished?

Choose the correct sentence for each situation.