have got: affirmative and negative
- Read the examples. Copy and complete the table with the words in blue.
I’ve got a lot of cousins.
I haven’t got any brothers or sisters.
It’s got two bathrooms.
They’ve got three sons and a daughter.
The Putmans haven’t got a car.
Affirmative | Negative | ||
I | 1 (…) | 2 (…) | a brother. a lot of cousins. |
You | ’ve got | haven’t got | |
He/She/It | 3 (…) | hasn’t got | |
We | ’ve got | haven’t got | |
They | 4 (…) | 5 (…) |
- Match contracted forms 1–4 with long forms a–d.
- 1 ’ve got
- 2 hasn’t got
- 3 haven’t got
- 4 ’s got
- c have got
- d has not got
- a have not got
- b has got
- Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of have got. Use contracted forms where possible.
- My mum (…) two sisters. (+)
- We (…) a big house. (-)
- I (…) four cousins. (+)
- My brother (…) a friend in the USA. (+)
- My cousin (…) her own room. (-)
- My aunt and uncle (…) a new car. (+)
Possessive ’s and s’
- Read the examples. Match sentence halves 1–3 with a–c to make rules.
The grandparents’ names are Bill and Barb.
Their daughter’s name is Blair.
Their sons’ names are Billy, Brandon and Blake.
Toby’s father has got six brothers and sisters.
- We use ’s and s’
- After singular nouns,
- After plural nouns ending in -s,
- we add ’.
- to talk about possession and family.
- we add ’s.
- Write the underlined word with a possessive ’s or s’.
- My uncle Tom is my mums brother.
- My grandparents house is very small.
- My dads car is 15 years old.
- My cousins names are Sam and Eva.
- My parents birthdays are both in June.
- My friend Lucys cat is called Missy.
- Choose the correct option.
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Family is very important to the actor Will Smith. He’s married to Jada Pinkett and he 1 ’ve/’s got two sons and a daughter. They all live in Los Angeles, and they 2 ’ve/’s all got jobs in music or films.
His 3 son’s/sons’ names are Trey and Jaden. Jaden is a rapper and an actor, and he 4 ’ve/’s got his own clothes brand. Trey is a music producer. The brothers 5 haven’t/hasn’t got any children. His 6 daughter’s/ daughters’ name is Willow and she’s an actor and a singer. 7 Will’s/Wills’ wife is also an actor.
Will 8 haven’t/hasn’t got a big family, but they’re all very famous!
- Answer the question to solve the Brain teaser.
BRAIN TEASER
Eva and Megan (two girls) and Paolo and Greg (two boys) are all friends.
has got a brother | has got a sister | |
Eva | ||
Megan | ||
Paolo | ||
Greg |
One boy has got a brother and a sister.
The girl with a brother hasn’t got a sister.
Paolo is an only child.
Eva has got a sister, but she hasn’t got a brother.
Can you describe the girls’ and boys’ families?