To Be y To Have Got

TO BE

PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I am You are He/she/it is We/you/they are (I’m) (‘s) (‘re)	I am not You are not He/she/it is not We/you/they are not ( aren’t) (isn’t)	(I.P) am I? (I.P) are you? (I.P) is he/she/it? (I.P) are we/you/they? (I.P): interrogative pronoun

It is used:

• To denote existence. Eg: the dog is in the garden.
• To give information about a person or a thing. Eg: Tom is a carpenter.
• To express physical or mental condition. Eg: I am hot.
• To express age. Eg: I’m 25 years old.
• To express weight. Eg: I’m 65 kilos.
• For prices. Eg: It’s 20 pounds.

HAVE (GOT)

PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I have (got) You have (got) He/she/it has (got) We/you/they have (got) (‘ve) (‘s)	I have not (got) You have not (got) He/she/it has not (got) We/you/they have not (got) (haven’t) (hasn’t) I do not have You do not have He/she/it does not have We/you/they do not have	(I.P) have I(got)? (I.P) have you(got)? (I.P) has he/she/it(got)? (I.P) have we/you/they(got)? (I.P) do I have? (I.P) do you have? (I.P) does he/she/it have? (I.P) do we/you/they have?

MEANING ‘POSSESS’ AND ‘SUFFER (FROM) PAIN/ILLNESS/DISABILITY…’

• ‘Have’ is conjugated with ‘do’ for habitual actions.
• No idea of habit: Have you got…?
• American English vs British English: in Britain it is usual to use ‘have got’ whereas other English-speaking countries (USA, for example) use the ‘do’ forms here too.
• ‘Got’ is not added in short answers or question tags.

OTHER MEANINGS

• Take (a meal), give (a party), encounter (difficulties), experience, enjoy + adjective…
• ‘Do/does/did’ as auxiliaries in the negative and interrogative forms.
• Never followed by ‘got’.