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MVO got COMPARATIVES ANO SUPERLATIVES

MEANING
Use have got to talk about possessions (things you own).
families and appearance.
I've got a silver Toyota.
She's got three children. They've all got blue eyes.
You don't use have got with adjectives. ages or activities.
I'm hungry. 4:ve-get-himgry,
She's 29 tomorrow. 341e-S-get4440Mef Fest
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Comparatives
FORM The train is more expensive than the coach.
The train is cheaper than the plane.
I, you, we, they He, she, it
Superlatives
0 I've got long, brown hair 0 He's got three bikes. The coach is the cheapest way to get to Edinburgh.
0 We haven't got any C The flat hasn't got a The plane is the most expensive.
children. balcony.
0 Have they got a car? 0 Has she got a computer? You use the with superlatives because there can be only one
0 Yes, they have. e Yes. she has
'best' or 'easiest'.
FORM
0 No, they haven't. 0 No. she hasn't.
Comparatives Spelling rule Example
Contractions:
I've got a I have got He's got r. He has got one-syllable . -ET longer
haven't = have not hasn't = has not adjectives -r if adjective safer

Have and have got are both common in British English. Have is ends in -e
more common in American English and between international double the last bigger
one syllable,
users of English. consonant -er
ending in one
Does she have long hair?
short vowel
(British. American, international English)
one consonant
Has she got tong hair? (British English)
more adjective more careful
You don't use have got to talk about the past. two-syllable
had fair hair when I was a child. L __ Lad got lair adjectives
PRONUNCIATION two syllables, y > + -ier
easier
You usually contract have got in conversation. ending In -y -
He's got long hair They've got a car
more adjective
You stress got in positive sentences and questions. three syllables more dangerous
or more more interesting
He's got three bikes. Has she got a computer?
You stress have and got in negative sentences and short answers. irregular good better
adjectives 2
The Ital hasn't got a balcony Yes. it has./ Ho, it hasn't. bad worse
far further
PRACTICE
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of have Superlatives Spelling rule Example
got. Use contractions where you can.
one-syllable + -est the longest
1 He's got long brown hair and he's very tall. adjectives the safest
-st if adjective
2 They________ three children and a couple of cats.
ends in -e
3 My flat hasn't got a garden, but it _____ a big balcony.
4 _______you _______ a bike? We could cycle there. one syllable, double the last the biggest
5 Sorry, I can't read that. I________ my glasses with me. ending in one consonant + -est
6 We_______ a car so we're going by train. short vowel +
2 (Circle)the correct expressions. Sometimes both one consonant
expressions are correct. most + adjective the most careful
two-syllable
1 ( M y c o u s i n h a s ) / c o u s i n s g o t s ma l l fla t in adjectives
the centre of town.
2 We usually have / We've usually got dinner at six. y s -iest the easiest
two syllables.
3 Does she haye /Has, she got green eyes like her ending in -y
brother?
three syllables most adjective the most dangerous
4 I'd like to have / have get, a shower before we go.
5 When I was a teenager I had / I've got really long hair. or more the most interesting
irregular good the best
adjectives bad the worst
11$ far the furthest

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