Have & Have got

* When do we say that “HAVE” works as a full verb? * When do we say that “HAVE” works as an auxiliary?

I have two brothers. (relationship) I am having two brothers. Does she have a new car? (possession) Is she having a new car? They don't have a lot of money. (possession) They aren't having a lot of money. Do you have a headache? (illness) Are you having a headache? He has to go soon. (obligation) He is having to go soon. She doesn't have a stomachache. (illness) She isn't having a headache.

In these sentences “HAVE” is

working as a full verb.

Have got uses: Have got is only used to describe

the present.

For these meanings, we can also use have got instead of have. * I have two brothers.

I've got two brothers. * Does she have a new car?

Has she got a new car? * They don't have a lot of money.

They haven't got a lot of money. * Do you have a headache?

Have you got a headache? * He has to go soon.

He's got to go soon. * She doesn't have a stomachache.

She hasn't got a stomachache.

HAVE GOT

HAVE FULL VERB

Dynamic / Action Meanings of Have

HAVE, not have got, can be used to describe actions with the following

nouns: * a bath, a shower, a swim, a massage * breakfast, lunch, dinner, an apple, a

snack, a break, a cigarette * a party, a meeting, a wonderful time

* a dream, a conversation, a fight * a baby * surgery

For these meanings, it is possible to use continuous

tenses: I'm having a great time! We were having a party when you called.

She is having a baby in June. It sounds like someone is having a fight

outside.