PRESENT SIMPLE 'HAVE GOT'

More about 'HAVE GOT'

PRESENT PERFECT USAGE

Chart with all the uses of the Present Perfect

COLLOCATIONS WITH 'HAVE', & 'TAKE'

Another chart with common collocations with the verbs HAVE & TAKE.

Link here to exclusive posts on collocations with: HAVE, & TAKE, respectively.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS WEEKEND?

Expressing arrange plans for the near future with BE GOING TO+infinitive.

What are you going to do this weekend?

CAUSATIVE: HAVE SOMETHING DONE

'LET', 'MAKE', 'HAVE' & 'GET' are verbs used with a causative sense. Someone is set to do something, following the pattern:

      causative verb+person+infinitive without TO

COLLOCATIONS WITH "HAVE"

In all these meanings, HAVE is used as any other English verb to make negative and questions.
Some examples in context:
- I always have a bath/shower in the mornings.
- Let's have a drink.
- They're having a good time at the party.
- She had a haircut yesterday.
- We always have lunch/breakfast/dinner at about the same time every day.
- He's not here, he's having a rest. He was very tired.

HAVE OR HAVE GOT?

HAVE is a verb that has some peculiarities:

1 - It's the auxiliary verb in perfect tenses:

I have been living here for 20 years.

She hasn't been to the United States.

Have you ever been abroad?

In these cases it's the auxiliary verb to make negatives and questions.

2- In the present tense and to express possesion, relationships or illnesses, we can use HAVE, as any other verb or HAVE GOT. So we can either say:

I have a car or I've (have) got a car.

She doesn't have or She hasn't got a car.

[See image above for more examples]

3- In the rest of cases, HAVE is like any other average English verb, to make negative and questions you must use the appropriate auxiliary verb.

I always have breakfast at 7, but she doesn't have breakfast.

You don't have to come home early.

Did you have a bike when you were young?

They didn't have a party last Saturday.

MODAL VERB: MUST ('MUSTN'T' vs 'DON'T HAVE TO')

CONFUSING MODAL VERBS

On this post we're going to distinguish the use of modal verbs in pairs that can be confusing. For the basics on modal verbs click to this previous post HERE.

1) Distinguishing MAY & CAN.

2) Distinguishing WILL & WOULD:

3) Distinguishing MUST & SHOULD:

4) Distinguishing between modal verbs meaning PROBABILITY:

5) Distinguishing between modal verbs meaning PERMISSION:

6) Distinguishing MUST from semi-modal HAVE TO:

MODAL VERB CONCEPTS

About to start checking on modal verbs and their uses and concepts, from today on there are going to be a series of posts devoted to the topic: MODAL VERBS.

Remember the basics:

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:

1-Each verb has its different concept meaning or function. (Look at the chart above)

2- These verbs aren't conjugated. 
No "-S" in the third person singular present.  He can swim. (Not: *He cans swim)
They lack some verb forms, which are covered by semimodals of a similar meaning.
  He had to leave. (Not *He musted leave. Must doesn't have a simple past form)
  He will be able to do it. (Not *He will can do it. Can doesn't have a future form)
[Semi-modal verbs that are used instead of the modal are:
HAVE TO for MUST (obligation)
BE ABLE TO for CAN (ability)
BE ALLOWED TO for CAN, MAY (permission)]

3- They work as auxiliary verbs in the NEGATIVE and QUESTIONS.
  Can I open the window? No, you can't open the window, it's cold.

4-  These verbs are always followed by INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO.
  He can swim. (Not * He can to swim)
Except OUGHT TO.  You ought to go to the doctor's.

5- PERFECT MODALS: past modal verb+HAVE+Past Participle refer to the past.
She hasn't arrived yet. She might have missed the bus.
You failed the exam. You should have studied more.

All the posts about modal verbs with the tag Modal Verbs.