Have Got & Has Got ESL Games, Activities & Worksheets
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ESL Has got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled Practice - Pair Work
In this 'has got' information gap activity, students race to complete missing subjects in a school timetable by asking and answering questions with 'has got'...
Have a Guess
ESL Have and Has Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
This fun 'have got' and 'has got' game helps students practice 'have got' and 'has got' in affirmative and negative sentences and 'Have you got...?' questions. First, students read each 'Have you got...?'...
Have Got Battleships
ESL Have got and Has got Game - Grammar: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
Here is an engaging 'have got' and 'has got' game to help students practice forming and asking 'have got' and 'has got' questions and responding with short answers. Students begin by marking the four ships on their Battleships grid. Students...
Have got or has got?
ESL Have got and Has got Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Categorising, Binary Choice, Gap-fill, Matching, Writing and Rewriting Sentences
In this free 'have got' and 'has got' worksheet, students learn and practice using 'have got' and 'has got' in affirmative and negative sentences, as well as in...
Let's Face It
ESL Has got Activity - Speaking: Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work
In this 'has got' activity on facial features, students ask and answer questions using 'has got' and complete a table that describes the facial features of several people. In pairs, students take turns asking...
Pack your Bags
ESL Have you got Game - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work
In this rewarding 'Have you got...?' game, students race to find items they need for a holiday by asking and answering 'Have you got...?' questions. Each student has a picture card and a corresponding item...
What do we look like?
ESL Have got Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences - Group Work
In this entertaining 'have got' game, students use word cards to build and read true sentences about their own and their classmates' appearance using affirmative and negative forms of 'have got' and 'has got'. The aim of the game...
What have you got in your bag?
ESL Have got and Has got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Matching, Listing, Forming Sentences, Sentence Completion - Pair Work
In this useful 'have got' and 'has got' activity, students learn how to talk about possessions using affirmative and negative forms of 'have got' and 'has got' with 'some' and 'any'. First, students match words to...
Find Out
ESL Have You Got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Forming Sentences, Freer Practice
In this insightful 'have got' activity, students find out what their classmates have by asking 'Have you got...?' questions, tallying yes answers and reporting their findings. The students' task is to find...
Find Someone Who's Got...
ESL Have got and Has got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice
Here is a free 'have got' activity where students survey their classmates by asking 'Have you got' questions and then report what they found using 'has got'. Students start by going through the items on...
Have got: Wh Questions
ESL Have got Wh Questions Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions - Group Work
In this productive 'have got' game, students use word cards to build and ask as many Wh questions with 'have got' and 'has got' as they can. Each word can be used more than once and singular nouns can be...
Have you got it right?
ESL Have got Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
This fun 'have got' game helps students practice forming statements, questions and short answers with 'have got'. First, students read each item and write 'I have(n't) got' in the column marked 'Me'...
Monster Mash
ESL Has got Activity - Grammar, Listening and Speaking: Describing, Matching, Drawing - Pair Work
In this amusing 'has got' and 'hasn't got' activity, students describe monsters to a partner using 'has got' and 'hasn't got' to talk about appearance. One student goes first and describes monster number 1...
Have you got a house for rent?
ESL Have got and Has got Worksheet - Reading and Grammar Exercises: Identifying, Writing Sentences, Sentence Completion
This comprehensive 'have got' and 'has got' worksheet helps students review the affirmative and negative forms of 'have got' and 'has got' in the context of housing ads. First, students read....
Understanding Have Got and Has Got
'Have got' and 'has got' mean the same as 'have' and 'has' and are used to talk about possession, relationships, and physical characteristics. 'Have got' goes with I, you, we, and they, while 'has got' goes with he, she, and it, so a student who writes 'He have got a car' instead of 'He has got a car' makes a subject-agreement error that immediately draws attention to itself in any written or spoken exchange.
This page covers have got and has got across A1-A2, A2, and B1 levels, with 14 activities including Battleships, information-gap tasks, guessing games, worksheets, and a real-world housing context activity, with two activities available as free downloads.
The following table shows the main forms of have got and has got across all subject groups at a glance.
| Form | I / you / we / they | he / she / it | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affirmative | I/you/we/they have got | he/she/it has got | 'She has got long hair.' |
| Negative | I/you/we/they haven't got | he/she/it hasn't got | 'They haven't got a car.' |
| Yes/No Question | Have I/you/we/they got...? | Has he/she/it got...? | 'Has he got a brother?' |
| Short Answer (Yes) | Yes, I/you/we/they have. | Yes, he/she/it has. | 'Yes, she has.' |
| Short Answer (No) | No, I/you/we/they haven't. | No, he/she/it hasn't. | 'No, they haven't.' |
| Wh Question | What/Where have you/they got...? | What/Where has he/she got...? | 'What has she got in her bag?' |
When to Use Have Got and Has Got
Describing Physical Appearance: Use 'has got' to describe a person's physical features in conversation, the way you might point someone out to a friend by saying 'She's the one with the red scarf. She's got curly hair and blue eyes.'
Talking About Current Possessions: Use 'have got' to talk about what someone has with them right now or currently owns, as when someone checks before leaving the house by asking 'Have you got your keys?'
Describing Family and Relationships: Use 'have got' and 'has got' to talk about family members and personal connections, the way someone might introduce themselves by saying 'I've got two brothers and a sister who lives in Canada.'
3-Step Framework for Teaching Have Got and Has Got
1. Open with a Battleships Game: Start with a game that makes question formation the engine of every single turn. Instead of calling out grid coordinates, each player forms a 'have got' or 'has got' question using the subject and noun phrase matching their chosen square, for example 'Has Kate got a car?' or 'Have you got long hair?' A hit earns 'Yes, she has' and a miss earns its negative equivalent, so every exchange drills the full question-and-short-answer pattern in a context that keeps students genuinely focused.
2. Build the Rule with a Worksheet: Follow up with a worksheet that starts at the most fundamental level: sorting subjects. Students categorize subject pronouns and nouns according to whether they take 'have got' or 'has got', which builds the core rule before any sentence work begins. The final task raises the stakes by having students write paired sentences: one about what a named person has got, followed immediately by a contrasting sentence about what the student themselves hasn't got, putting both forms side by side on every line.
3. Apply the Grammar in a Real-World Context: Round off with a worksheet that lifts the grammar into a reading context students can actually imagine themselves in. Students read descriptions of six homes for rent and write sentences about what prospective tenants have got and haven't got, working out which home suits which person. The final task pushes students further by asking them to use affirmative and negative forms of 'have got' and 'has got' to explain which home is best for all the people and why.
Common Mistakes with Have Got and Has Got
Using 'have got' with a Past Time Expression: Students often use 'have got' with past time expressions, not realizing that 'have got' refers to the present only and cannot be used with words like 'yesterday' or 'last week.' Wrong: 'Yesterday I have got a new phone.' Correct: 'Yesterday I got a new phone.'
Wrong Word Order in Questions: Students often place 'got' before the subject when forming questions, producing a word order that does not exist in English. Wrong: 'Have got you a pet?' Correct: 'Have you got a pet?'
Common Questions About Teaching Have Got and Has Got
What is a good speaking game for practicing 'Have you got...?' questions?
A good 'Have you got...?' speaking game gives students a real reason to ask. In Pack your Bags, each student holds a picture card showing items they have got but do not need, and an item card listing what they still need for a holiday. Anyone with a requested item replies 'Yes, I've got...' and crosses it off the card.
What is an effective speaking activity for practicing 'have got' and 'has got'?
An effective speaking activity for 'have got' and 'has got' combines both forms naturally. In the free Find Someone Who's Got... activity, students form 'Have you got...?' questions and go around the class asking them. When someone answers 'Yes, I have', students note their name and ask a follow-up question, then write sentences about their findings using 'has got'.
What is a useful worksheet for teaching 'have got' and 'has got' to beginners?
A useful worksheet for beginners covers all the key forms in one place. The free Have got or has got? worksheet starts by having students sort subjects into 'have got' and 'has got' categories, then moves through gap-fills, yes/no questions, and matching tasks before finishing with a writing task using both forms.
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