Partner game
Jane and Kate are speaking about clothes. Jane is very critical. She’s hard to please.
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Look! I have a beautiful hat! It’s too big for you. I’ve got a new scarf. It’s too long. |
Now go on yourselves working in pairs. Here are two lists of words that may help you.
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qualities | ||
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small wide light big ugly |
bright long short awful dark |
Exercise 21
Write negative sentences with have. Some are present (can’t) and some are past (couldn’t).
Example:
I can’t make a phone call. (any change)
I haven’t got any change.
I couldn’t read the notice. (my glasses)
I didn’t have my glasses.
1. I can’t climb onto the roof. (a ladder) __________________________
2. We couldn’t visit the museum. (enough time) ____________________
3. He couldn’t find his way to our house. (a map) ___________________
4. She can’t pay her bills. (any money) ___________________________
5. They can’t get into the house. (a key) __________________________
I couldn’t take any photographs (a camera) _____________________
I couldn’t make an omelette. (any eggs) ________________________
We couldn’t go out in the rain. (an umbrella) _____________________
I can’t fly to New York. (a ticket) ______________________________
10. They couldn’t visit France. (a visa) _____________________________
Exercise 22
In this exercise you have to write sentences about yourself. Choose four of the following things (or you can choose something else).
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a car a bicycle |
a moped a guitar |
a computer a camera |
a driving licence a job |
a dog / a cat another animal |
Write two sentences each time using I’ve got / I haven’t gotand I had / I didn’t have.
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10 years ago ( or five if you are too young) |
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Have you gotthese things now? |
Did you have them 10 years ago? |
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Exercise 23
Complete these sentences with an appropriate form of have gotif possible. If it is not possible, use an appropriate form of haveinstead.
I’ll phone you tomorrow. I ___ your office number.
The car only cost $500 and runs really well. We seem ___ a bargain.
To do this trick you need ___ two packs of cards.
If you had wanted to, you could ___ our new address from my parents.
She admitted ___ no recollection of the meeting.
I expect that you will ___ my letter by now.
As a child, he used ___ nightmares about earthquakes knocking down his house.
They put up their tent in the field, ___ permission from the farmer.
“Have you still got that old caravan of yours?” “Yes, I ___.”
10. He was about to call Jan when he suddenly ___ a better idea.
11. After she let Bill’s bicycle tyres down, Nancy felt that she ___ her
revenge.
12. Do you think they ___ the right equipment to do the job?
Exercise 24
Complete these sentences with an appropriate form of have and one of these nouns.
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a word
a fall
a rest
an effect
a stroll
a look
a holiday
a say
a swim
a chat
a walk
a nice meal
Example:
Would you like _____________ with me, Richard?
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you like to have a walk with me, Richard?
Mr. Hammond, may I _____ with you, please? It's about my salary.
After breakfast yesterday we _____ around the park.
Olivia’s recent illness obviously _____ on her performance in the match.
It’s very important for the workers to ____ in how the company is run.
I felt much better after I had _____ in the sun.
I _____ on a patch of ice and broke my glasses.
If you are thinking of buying a house, come and _____.
I met Ann in the street yesterday. We stopped and _____.
In summer I like _____ in the river.
10. Did you _____ in the Chinese restaurant?
11.The Grandpa is very tired. He _____ in his room.
Exercise 25
Compare pairs of sentences. Fill in have(for repeated actions) orhave got
(for actions taking place at the moment).
Example:
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I don’t usually ___ much time for lunch.
I ___ much time today either.
I will ___ (not) time to do the work tomorrow.
I ___ (not) time to do the work at the moment.
The President usually ___ a lot of support for his actions.
The President ___ a lot of support in this campaign.
She ___ a house in Italy.
Her family ___ a house in Italy for their holidays.
He ___ a sore throat yesterday.
“This child ___ a sore throat and a temperature too”, said the doctor after examining the little patient.
___ the children their coats on?
I ___ a new coat. It’ so fashionable.
They ___ (not) enough computers in the centre last year.
Now the situation has changed. They ___ (recently) ten new personal computers.
My brother ___ dark hair now.
But when he was a child he ___ fair hair.
“ ___ (your sister) a car at the moment?” “Yes, she ___.”
I wish I ____ a car.
10. ___ a baby is a huge responsibility.
“My sister ___ (just) a baby.” “Is it a girl or a boy?”
Exercise 26
Consider the following sentences with the verbs to be and to have. Change constructions with be into constructions with have and vice versa. Give different versions of the change. Translate into Russian.
Example:
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Their customs are very strange.
The overcoat had many buttons on it.
The slippers were high-heeled.
Those birds had long wings.
The girl had charming tiny freckles on her nose.
There was an imposing ink-stand on the director’s desk.
The box had no label on.
The books were paper-backed.
The fish had golden fins.
10.The driver had no skill.
11.There are modern conveniences in our apartment.
12.“Are there any questions?” “No, there aren’t any.”
13. Is there anything new in the article?
Exercise 27
Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using constructions with beandhave.
1. У нас было много общих интересов.
2. У этого человека странные глаза, правда?
3. Универмаг имеет большой выбор мужской и женской одежды на все
сезоны.
4. У меня нет с собой ни пенни.
5. В стакане лимонад?
В комнате было четыре окна.
У него есть сестра.
У вас есть книги на английском языке?
У моих родителей трое детей.
10. Мой брат студент третьего курса.
11. У моих часов нет секундной стрелки.
12. Он человек со способностями.
13. Новости были радостными.
Она взглянула на него украдкой.
У компании много дочерних компаний по всему миру.
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