Have got & Has got ESL Games, Activities & Worksheets

ESL Has got Activity - 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'. In pairs, students take turns asking and answering questions with 'has got' using the missing subjects shown on their worksheet, e.g. 'Has Emma got a chemistry lesson at 9:30 on Monday?' When a student receives a 'Yes, she has' response from their partner, they write the school subject in the timetable. If a student receives a 'No, she hasn't' response, they must wait until their next turn to ask another question. The first student to complete Emma's timetable is the winner. As an extension, students write sentences about Emma's school timetable using 'has got'. show less

ESL Have and Has Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - Pair Work This 'have got' and 'has got' guessing game helps students practice 'have got' and 'has got' in affirmative and negative sentences and 'Have you got...?' questions. First, students read each item on the worksheet and write 'I have(n't) got' in the column marked 'Me', depending on whether they have got or haven't got the thing mentioned. Working alone, students then guess whether a partner has got or hasn't got the same things by writing 'He/She has(n't) got' in the 'My Partner' column. Next, students take turns finding out if their guesses are right or wrong by asking their partner 'Have you got...?' questions, e.g. 'Have you got a pet dog?' Their partner then gives their answer, e.g. 'Yes, I have.' or 'No, I haven't.' If the student guessed correctly, they put a tick in the last column. If not, the student puts a cross. The student with the most correct guesses in each pair wins. This game can also be used with 'have', 'has' and 'Do you have...?'' show less

ESL Have got and Has got Game - Grammar: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - Pair Work Here is an engaging 'have got' and 'has got' game to help students practice forming and answering 'have got' and 'has got' questions with short answers. Students begin by marking five ships on their battleships grid. Students then use the subjects and noun phrases as coordinate markers and make 'have got' and 'has got' questions with them to find their partner's ships, e.g. 'Has she got long hair?' If the answer is yes, e.g. 'Yes, she has', it means a hit, so the student marks the location on the Partner's Grid with a tick. If the reply is no, e.g. 'No, she hasn't', it's a miss, so the student that square on the Partner's Grid with a cross. Students take turns asking and answering questions until one student has found and destroyed all five of their partner's ships. That student wins the game. show less

ESL Have got and Has got Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Categorising, Binary Choice, Matching, Rewriting Sentences - Speaking Activity: Information Gap - Pair Work In this free 'have got' and 'has got' worksheet, students learn and practice how to use 'have got' and 'has got' in affirmative and negative sentences, questions and short answers, then use 'much' and 'many' with 'have got' in a pair work activity. First, students put subjects in the correct category, according to whether they are used with 'have got' or 'has got'. Next, students underline the correct 'have got' verb form in each sentence. Students then complete sentences with 'haven't got' or 'hasn't got'. Students then move on to complete questions with 'have' or 'has' and then match them to the answers. After that, students rewrite sentences, replacing the words in bold with the correct form of 'have got' or 'has got'. Next, students complete questions with 'much' or 'many' and 'have' or 'has' and then complete a chart with answers to the questions. Afterwards, students ask a partner the questions and write down their answers in the chart. Finally, students complete sentences based on the results. show less

ESL Has got Activity - Speaking: Information Gap, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this 'has got' activity on physical appearance, students ask and answer questions using 'has got' and complete a chart that describes the facial features of several people. In pairs, students take turns asking questions with 'has got' and completing the chart that describes the facial features of various people. In pairs, students take turns asking questions with 'has got' and completing the chart on the worksheet with their partner's answers, e.g. 'Has Matthew got short, straight hair?' When the students have finished, they check their answers by comparing worksheets. As an extension, students write descriptions of the people in the chart using 'has got'. show less

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 card. The item card shows the things the students need to pack and the picture card shows things they've got but don't need. In order to get the items they need, students ask and answer 'Have you got...?' questions with the other people in their group. If a student is asked for an item that they have on their picture card, they reply 'Yes, I've got...' and cross the item off their picture card. The student asking for the item, then crosses it off their item card. When a student has obtained an item, they move on and speak to someone else. The first student to find all the items they need for their holiday is the winner. show less

ESL Have got Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences from Prompts - Group Work In this entertaining 'have got' game, students use word cards to build and read true sentences about their own and their classmates' physical appearance using affirmative and negative forms of 'have got' and 'has got'. The aim of the game is to make as many true sentences as possible. In groups, students take turns looking at their word cards and making a true sentence, describing themselves or other people in the class. The sentence can be affirmative or negative, depending on the cards they have in their hands. If a student can make a true sentence that is at least four words long, they lay the cards down on the table and read the sentence, e.g. 'I have got blue eyes.' Students may make one word plural if they have a suitable pronoun, e.g. 'They have got small noses.' If a student cannot make a sentence, they may discard any number of cards and draw the same number from the pile to use on their next turn. The student with the most sentences on the table at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Have got and Has got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Matching, Listing, Forming Sentences from Prompts, Sentence Completion - Pair Work In this useful 'have got' and 'has got' activity, students learn and use vocabulary for everyday bag items and talk about what they and their partner have and haven’t got using 'some' and 'any'. First, students match words to pictures of items commonly found in a bag and write the words underneath the pictures. Students then write a list of eight things they have got in their bag using the items from the worksheet. Next, students take turns telling their partner which items they have and haven't got in their bag. The other student puts a tick on their worksheet next to the items their partner has got and a cross next to the items they haven't got. Lastly, students complete sentences about what their partner has and hasn't got in their bag. show less

ESL Have You Got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Forming Sentences, Controlled and 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 out how many people in the class or group have got the things marked on their card. Students begin by preparing their 'Have you got...?' questions based on the items on their card. Students then go around the class asking and answering their 'Have you got...?' questions, e.g. 'Have you got a mountain bike?' Each time someone answers 'Yes, I have' to a question, students put a tick on the back of their card. Finally, students take turns reporting their findings to the class using 'have got' and 'has got'. show less

ESL Have got and Has got Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, 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 the worksheet and forming a 'Have you got...?' question for each one. Students then write three more questions of their own at the end. Next, students go around the class asking the questions to one another, e.g. 'Have you got an older sister?' When a student finds someone who answers 'Yes, I have', they write down that person's name and ask a follow-up question (e.g. 'What's her name?'), noting down the answer. When everyone has finished, students write sentences about what they found out using 'has got'. Students then report back to the class by reading their sentences aloud. show less

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 changed to plural nouns. One student goes first and makes a 'have got' Wh question with the cards, e.g. 'What have you got in your bag?' If the other group members agree the question is correct, the student writes it down and scores a point for each word card used in the question. The student then asks the question to the person on their right. If the person gives an appropriate answer, they score a point. The word cards are then placed back with the other cards. Students take turns making questions until time is up or they run out of ideas. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Have got Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - 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', depending on whether the statement is true for them or not, e.g. 'I have got a new phone.' Working alone, students then guess whether the same things are true for a partner by writing 'He/She has(n't) got' in the 'My Partner' column, e.g. 'He hasn't got a new phone.' Next, students take turns finding out if their guesses are right or wrong by asking 'Have you got...?' questions to their partner, e.g. 'Have you got a new phone?' Their partner then answers 'Yes, I have' or 'No, I haven't'. If the student guessed correctly, they put a tick in the last column. If not, the student puts a cross. The student with the most correct guesses at the end of the game wins. show less

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 to their partner, who listens and numbers the monster being described on their worksheet. The student then moves on to describe the other monsters in turn until all four monsters have been identified by their partner. Students then swap roles. Following that, students take turns describing the monster shown on their worksheet for their partner to draw. Afterwards, the two students compare worksheets to check their answers and compare monsters. show less

ESL Have got and Has got Worksheet - Reading and Grammar Exercises: Identifying, Writing Sentences From Prompts, 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 descriptions of six homes for rent. Students then write the two rental homes that correspond to each statement. Next, students read descriptions of people looking for homes to rent and write sentences about what the people have got and haven't got. After that, students use affirmative and negative forms of 'have got' and 'has got' to complete sentences about which home for rent they think is best for all the people and why. show less