The Past Perfect

Grammar With Humor

18Have/have got

Complete the jokes by putting has (or ‘s) / hasn’t or haven’t in the gaps provided.

1 Is this a second-hand shop? > Yes. Good! ……… you got a second hand for my watch?2 I ………… got a terrible problem. I …………got a flat in London and a house in Paris. I …….. got four cars and one of them is a Rolls-Royce. I …… got a boat and a private plane. > So what’s the problem? I ………… got any money to pay them.3 I …….. got some good news for you, Mrs Smoth. > It’s Miss Smith, doctor. Well, Miss Smith, I ……… got some bad news for you.4 What ……. got a neck but ……. got a head? > I don’t know. A bottle.5 Excuse me, …………you got a cigarette? > Yes, I ……………….got lots of them.6 What …….got four legs and flies? > I don’t know. A dead cat.7 What two words ……….got thousands of letters in them? > I don’t know. Post Office.8 Two men are playing at cards. > I win. I …….got four aces. I’m afraid I win. > That’s impossible. What ……..you got? Two nines and a loaded gun. > OK. You win!9 Mum, there’s a salesman at the door with a moustache. > Tell him your father ……….already got one.10 My grandmother is 83 and she ……….got one grey hair On her head.

> That’s amazing! No, it’s not. She’s bald!

ANSWERS 1 have 2 ‘ve, ‘ve, ‘ve, ‘ve, haven’t 3 ‘ve, ‘ve 4 ‘s, hasn’t 5 have, ‘ve 6 ‘s 7 have 8 ‘ve have 9 has 10 hasn’t

HUMOR PIC

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