Be and have got: A1 Grammar Exercises

5 A1 Grammar exercises on “Be and have got”, with answers. Complete each task and check it straight away. Free, no account needed.

SkillGrammar
LevelA1 Beginner
Exercises5
Gaps50
Topic9 of 66

Before you start. The verb to be has three present forms: I am, he/she/it is, you/we/they are, often shortened to I'm, she's, they're. Verb to be: how it works

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

7 gaps
  • 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 ✗

0 of 7 answered

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

10 gaps
  • 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
  • ?
  • ✗

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

6 gaps
  • 1
    I a bike.
  • 2
    We computers in all our classrooms.
  • 3
    My best friend brown eyes.
  • 4
    My parents two cars.
  • 5
    I a pet.
  • 6
    My teacher black hair.

0 of 6 answered

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

11 gaps
LiamZoe
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?
  • ?

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

16 gaps
  • Hi Lucy,
  • My name 1) Emily. I 2) seventeen years old. How old 3) you?
  • My home town is Bristol, in England. But I 4) English – I’m American. My 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

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