Have got or Have

​

Have got and Have  

​

​

Have got and have mean the same.

​

​

​

​

​

* Have got is more informal. We use have (got) here to refer to both verbs:

I’ve got a terrible pain in my back.

I have a terrible pain in my back. (more formal)

​

They haven’t got a car.

They don’t have a car. (more formal)

​

​

Have got and have mean the same.

​

Have got and Have  

​

​

Have got and have mean the same.

​

​

​

​

​

​ We use have (got) to talk about:

possession, , relationships, , characteristics and illnesses.

*In these contexts, it is not used in the continuous form:

​

She’s got two cats and a dog.​

She has two cats and a dog.

​

​

​

Not: She is having got two cats and a dog.

​