Unit 2: Present Simple Have / have got Pre-Intermediate Date: September, 2009 Teacher: Larissa N. Yastrebova
Present Simple: form Pattern: base verb Positive and negative forms: Questions and short answers: Does she speak French? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.
Present Simple: use A habit: I get up at 7.30. Dutch people travel a lot. A fact that is always true: Vegetarians don’t eat meat. I come from Russia. A fact that is true for a long time: She lives in Oxford. I work at TPU.
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Have vs have got: form
Have vs have got: use Meaning: possession Style: have - formal, have got – informal ‘Have you got a light?’ The Prime Minister has a meeting with the President today. Past form: had (not had got) I had a bicycle when I was young. Did you have a nice weekend?