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What Have You Got? have got
Students learn have got and has got to talk about family and possessions, then write about their family and the things they have.
Have got · Family · Possessions
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use have got accurately
- Learn and use 9 words and phrases in one set: Family and things you have
- Read for detail: Emma's family
- Writing task: My family and my things
Stages · 40 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about family and share ideas with the class.
- 5 minVocabulary: Ex. 1
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 10 minControlled practice: Ex. 2–4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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Download all (ZIP, 2 PDFs)Grammar notes
have got / has got
- I / you / we / they have got → I've got two brothers.
- he / she / it has got → She's got long hair.
- Negative: I haven't got a car. He hasn't got a job.
Questions and short answers
- Have you got a pen? — Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.
- Has she got a car? — Yes, she has. / No, she hasn't.
- Not: Do you got a pen?
have got or be?
- have got = have, for family and things: I've got a bike = I have a bike.
- For age, use be: I am 25 years old (not I have 25 years).
Study tips
- Make a list of your things: I've got a phone, a bike and two bags.
- Ask a partner: Have you got a car? Have you got any brothers or sisters?
Glossary
- Family and things you have9 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Family and things
Choose the correct word.
- a
I've got two ___: a boy and a girl.
- b
What's your ___? — I'm thirty.
- c
There are five people in my ___.
- d
Have you got any clean ___? I need a shirt.
- e
This bag isn't mine. It ___ my sister.
- f
I haven't got any money. Can you ___ me ten euros?
2
have got or has got?
Choose the correct words.
- a
I ___ two sisters.
- b
My brother ___ three children.
- c
We ___ a car. We go everywhere by bike.
- d
She ___ long hair.
- e
My parents ___ a dog and two cats.
- f
He ___ any clean clothes.
- g
___ a new phone. Look!
- h
My sister ___ a job. She's a student.
3
Questions and short answers
Choose the correct word or words.
- a
___ you got a pen?
- b
___ your sister got a car?
- c
Have you got any children? — Yes, I ___.
- d
Has he got a bike? — No, he ___.
- e
How many brothers ___?
- f
Have they got a big family? — Yes, they ___.
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: Emma's family
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer.
Hi, I'm Emma. I've got a big family. There are six people in my family: my parents, my two brothers, my sister and me. My brothers have got a dog called Max. My sister hasn't got a pet, but she has got a lot of clothes! My age? I'm twenty-two. I've got a small flat in the city. I haven't got a car, so I go to work by bus. Today I've got a problem. I can't find my keys! My brother has got a key to my flat, so he can lend it to me.
- a
How many people are there in Emma's family?
- b
Who has got a dog?
- c
Emma's sister has got ___.
- d
Emma ___ a car.
- e
What is Emma's problem today?
6
Write: My family and my things
Write about your family and your things.
Write 6–8 sentences about your family and the things you have. Use have got / has got and haven't got / hasn't got. Word box: family · children · age · clothes · belong to · lend to · borrow from Example: I've got one brother and one sister. My brother has got two children. I haven't got a car, but I've got a bike.
Suggested minimum: 40 words
0 words · aim for at least 40
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Revise with a game
This lesson's own words and questions. Play on your own, or in teams on the classroom screen.
- Step UpAnswer the lesson's questions to climb to the top.
- Pair UpMatch the lesson's words to their meanings against the clock.
- SnapA word and a meaning: do they go together? Answer fast.
- Quiz BoardTeams choose questions worth 100 to 500 points.
- Retro arcadeWord Invaders, Word Snake, Word Maze and Word Crossing: classic arcade games with the lesson's words.
Glossary
The 9 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in one set.
Family and things you have
- family
- parents and their children, and also grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
- children
- more than one child
- age
- how old you are
- have
- to own something: I have a car.
- clothes
- things you wear, for example a shirt or a coat
- belong to
- to be someone's: The bag belongs to Ana.
- I can't find
- I don't know where it is
- lend to
- to give something to a person. They give it back later.
- borrow from
- to take something from a person. You give it back later.
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