English Grammar Exercises for A1 - be and have got

1. Write affirmative or negative sentences with the correct form of the verb be.

1) they / cousins ✗

They aren’t cousins.

2) she / from Croatia ✗

________.

3) you / at school ✗

________.

4) I / a student ✓

________.

5) we / hungry ✓

________.

6) you / on holiday ✗

________.

7) I / 27 years old ✗

________.

8) he / from Spain ✗

________.

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2) She isn’t from Croatia.

3) You are at school.

4) I’m a student.

5) We aren’t hungry.

6) You aren’t on holiday.

7) I’m not 27 years old.

8) He isn’t from Spain.

2. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then write short answers.

1) seventeen / are / you

__________.?

________ ✗

2) they / from / Britain / are

__________.?

________ ✓

3) cold / today / it / is

__________.?

________ ✗

4) in / we / an English lesson / are

__________.?

________ ✓

5) she / is / very tall

_________.?

________ ✗

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1) Are you seventeen? No, I’m not.

2) Are they from Britain? Yes, they are.

3) Is it cold today? No, it isn’t.

4) Are we in an English lesson? Yes, we are.

5) Is she very tall? No, she isn’t.

3. Write true sentences. Use the affirmative or negative form of have got.

1) I ____________ a bike.

2) We ____________ computers in all our classrooms.

3) best friend ____________ brown eyes.

4) parents ____________ two cars.

5) I ____________ a pet.

6) teacher ____________ black hair.

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1) have / haven’t got

2) have / haven’t got

3) has / hasn’t got

4) have / haven’t got

5) have / haven’t got

6) has / hasn’t got

4. Look at the table. Write questions and short answers with the correct form of have got.

	Liam	Zoe
a skateboard	✓	✗
a smartphone	✓	✓
a dictionary	✗	✓
a bike	✗	✗

1) Liam / a skateboard?

__________.?

________

2) Zoe / a skateboard?

__________.?

________

3) Liam and Zoe / smartphone?

__________.?

________

4) Liam / a dictionary?

__________.?

________

5) Liam and Zoe / bikes?

_________.?

________

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1) Has Liam got a skateboard? Yes, he has.

2) Has Zoe got a skateboard? No, she hasn’t.

3) Have Liam and Zoe got smartphones? Yes, they have.

4) Has Liam got a dictionary? No, he hasn’t.

5) Have Liam and Zoe got bikes? No, they haven’t.

5. Complete the email to a penfriend. Use be and have got, affirmative, negative and interrogative.

To: lucy@email.com

Hi Lucy,

name 1) _____. Emily. I 2) _____. seventeen years old. How old 3) _____. you?

home town is Bristol, in England. But I 4) _____. English – I’m American. parents 5) _____. from California. I 6) _____. lots of cousins in the USA. Where 7) _____. you from?

This 8) _____. a photo of me. I 9) _____. brown hair and blue eyes. I 10) _____. a brother – his name is Jake, and he 11) _____. blue eyes too – but I 12) _____. a sister. And we 13) _____. a cat called Charlie. He 14) _____. a year old and very friendly.

15) _____. you 16) _____. any brothers and sisters?

Write soon!

Emily