Have / Have got

Teaching "Have" & "Have Got" – Basic to Basic on an Interactive Pattern

📌 Step 1: Concept Introduction

✅ Explain the meaning:

• "Have" and "Have got" both mean possession, relationships, characteristics, illnesses, etc.
• "Have got" is more common in British English, while "Have" is used more in American English.

✅ Examples:

• I have a car. = I have got a car.
• She has long hair. = She has got long hair.

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🎯 Step 2: Sentence Structure

Structure	Have (American English)	Have got (British English)
Positive	I have a bike.	I have got a bike.
Negative	I don’t have a bike.	I haven’t got a bike.
Question	Do you have a bike?	Have you got a bike?

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📝 Step 3: Interactive Practice Activities

1️⃣ Mirror Talk (Self-Introduction)
👉 Students practice saying what they have using a mirror.

• Example: "I have two brothers." / "I have got a pet cat."

2️⃣ Picture Description Game 🎨
🖼️ Show pictures of people with different objects.
🔹 Ask: "What does he/she have?"
🔹 Students respond:

• "He has a red car." / "He has got a red car."

3️⃣ Find a Partner 👥
📢 Ask students to walk around and ask:

• "Do you have a pet?" → "Yes, I have a dog." / "No, I don’t have a pet."
• "Have you got a phone?" → "Yes, I have got a new phone."

4️⃣ Role-Play: Doctor & Patient 🏥
🤕 One student is a doctor, the other is a patient.

• Doctor: "What’s wrong?"
• Patient: "I have got a headache." / "I have a fever."

5️⃣ Sentence Transformation Game 🔄
✏️ Write sentences in one form and ask students to convert them:
✅ "She has long hair." → "She has got long hair."
✅ "We haven’t got a car." → "We don’t have a car."

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📌 Step 4: Quick Quiz & Wrap-Up 🎯

❓ Choose the correct sentence:

1. I ___ (have/has) a big house.
2. He ___ (have/has) got two dogs.
3. Do you ___ (have/got) a pen?
4. She ___ (doesn’t have/hasn’t got) a new phone.

✅ Discuss answers and correct mistakes interactively! 🎉